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David I. Smith

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

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…
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June 1, 2018
Teaching Bonhoeffer: Pedagogy and Peripheral Practices Faith and TeachingScholarshipVoices 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…
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April 18, 2017
Shouting at your Neighbor: Why we Bother with Other People’s Languages. Articles & EssaysFeaturedLanguage 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…
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September 20, 2012