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Review of Tracing the Lines: Spiritual Exercise and the Gesture of Christian Scholarship

This review of a recent book by Robert Sweetman, who exerted significant influence on my own thinking as my teacher during my M.Phil studies at the Institute for Christian Studies, was published in Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, June 2018. The book is available…

David I. SmithJune 1, 2018

Faith and Teaching Scholarship Voices from the Past

Teaching Bonhoeffer: Pedagogy and Peripheral Practices

Some of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s major writings emerged from the experience of planning and leading an innovative seminary at Finkenwalde, where there was a strong focus on intentional communal practices. This article uses the process of designing an undergraduate course focused on Bonhoeffer’s book Life Together…

David I. SmithApril 18, 2017

Book Reviews Faith and Teaching Voices from the Past

The History of Theological Education—An Extended Review

This review of a useful recent volume on the history of theological education was published in Christian Scholars Review XLVII(1), 2017, 51-57. The book should be of interest not just to theological educators, but to others interested in how the Christian church has approached education…

David I. SmithMarch 31, 2017

Articles & Essays Faith and Teaching

Christian mind ≠ Christian pedagogy

This piece was published as the editorial in International Journal of Christianity & Education 2017, Vol. 21(1), p. 2–5. A few years ago, I surveyed with colleagues four decades of output from 26 Christian and interfaith peer-reviewed journals in North America across a range of…

David I. SmithFebruary 13, 2017

Faith and Teaching Reflection on Scripture Talks, Lectures, Interviews

Identifying With Those Who Suffer: Psalm 6

Dr. David Smith encourages the Wheaton community to identify with those who suffer by praying with those people rather than praying for those people through Psalm 6.

David I. SmithSeptember 30, 2016

Faith and Teaching Language and Culture Learning Talks, Lectures, Interviews

Wheaton Gration Lecture 2016

The John A. Gration Lecture Series honors Dr. Gration, professor emeritus and founding chair of the Intercultural Studies graduate programs at Wheaton College Graduate School.

David I. SmithSeptember 29, 2016

Faith and Teaching Talks, Lectures, Interviews Voices from the Past

“A Cold Heart Cannot Catch Fire”: Imagination, Faith, and Teaching

2015 Conference: Faith and Teaching: Virtue, Practice, Imagination. Closing session: "'A Cold Heart Cannot Catch Fire': Imagination, Faith, and Teaching"

David I. SmithNovember 3, 2015

Articles & Essays Faith and Teaching

Resisting Homework as Solitary Confinement

What might make school homework Christian? The content of the worksheet? Or maybe the relationship patterns that are fostered by the task? This piece grew out of a breakfast conversation with some local teachers and has resonated with other teacher groups. In fact once I…

David I. SmithJanuary 1, 2015

Articles & Essays Faith and Teaching

Seeing Anew, Choosing Engagement, Reshaping Practice

This article was first published in The Christian Teachers Journal, vol. 21:2, May 2013. It offers an overview of some key themes that informed the design of the resources at www.whatiflearning.com I focus in particular on the idea of Christian practices and what they have…

David I. SmithMay 1, 2013

Articles & Essays Featured Language and Culture Learning

Shouting at your Neighbor: Why we Bother with Other People’s Languages.

This essay was published in 2012 in the book Practically Human: College Professors Speak from the Heart of Humanities Education edited by Gary Schmidt & Matthew Walhout (Grand Rapids: Calvin College Press, 2012, 133-145). It asks why we invest time and resources in learning other…

David I. SmithSeptember 20, 2012

David I. Smith

Review of Tracing the Lines: Spiritual Exercise and the Gesture of Christian Scholarship

Teaching Bonhoeffer: Pedagogy and Peripheral Practices

The History of Theological Education—An Extended Review

Christian mind ≠ Christian pedagogy

Identifying With Those Who Suffer: Psalm 6

Wheaton Gration Lecture 2016

“A Cold Heart Cannot Catch Fire”: Imagination, Faith, and Teaching

Resisting Homework as Solitary Confinement

Seeing Anew, Choosing Engagement, Reshaping Practice

Shouting at your Neighbor: Why we Bother with Other People’s Languages.

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