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The Challenges of Writing about Teaching

This post originally appeared on the Christian Scholar’s Review blog, and is reproduced with permission. This piece is a slightly adapted version of a recent editorial written for the International Journal of Christianity and Education. In the preface to his recent book Transforming Fire: Imagining…

David I. SmithMay 31, 2023

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A Morning of Re-Reading Badly (And Perhaps Occasionally Well)

This post originally appeared on the Christian Scholar’s Review blog, and is reproduced with permission. This morning a little space opened up in my schedule, and I have been re-reading a long-familiar book. The physical volume is old and worn. In fact, it was re-issued…

David I. SmithApril 11, 2022

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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

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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

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Review of The Outrageous Idea of Academic Faithfulness: A Guide for Students

This review is of a book that focuses on the student's end of the process of Christian learning, asking what it means to be a Christian learner. The review was published in Journal of Education and Christian Belief, vol. 13, 1 (2009): pp. 96-97. The…

David I. SmithMarch 1, 2009

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Review of Craig Dykstra: Growing in the Life of Faith

This review of Craig Dykstra's book Growing in the Life of Faith: Education and Christian Practices (2nd edition) was published in The Reformed Journal in 2008. This is an important book on faith, formation, and education that I still refer to often. For anyone who…

David I. SmithJune 1, 2008

Book Reviews Faith and Teaching

Review of Teaching as Believing: Faith in the University

This review of Chris Anderson's book about how faith shapes his teaching in a secular university was published in Journal of Education and Christian Belief, vol. 11, 1 (2007): pp. 85-86. The book is available from Baylor University Press and other bookstores. Chris Anderson, Teaching…

David I. SmithMarch 1, 2007

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The Challenges of Writing about Teaching

A Morning of Re-Reading Badly (And Perhaps Occasionally Well)

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

The History of Theological Education—An Extended Review

Review of The Outrageous Idea of Academic Faithfulness: A Guide for Students

Review of Craig Dykstra: Growing in the Life of Faith

Review of Teaching as Believing: Faith in the University

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