Where are the Christians in Academia?

A Talk between Gabe Lyons and Duane Grobman

by Q Ideas

I'll also mention that this fellowship is not just for Americans. We welcome international students. We really encourage applications from international students. We have faculty members who serve on universities in India and in Ethiopia. Samuel Rizk, who's actually one of our Fellows, is Egyptian but he helps lead a center dealing with dialogue and development and culture in the Middle East.

Gabe: That's great! Well, I tell you, Duane, it's really impressive to see that for so many years there's been somebody who had a really long-term vision for this and now to see how that's playing itself out. I just applaud you and the whole team that's working on the Harvey Fellows Program. I hope we can just continue to learn more about the program.

The people who are leading this have been doing it for quite some time do so with a lot of credibility. Duane, thanks again for being a part of this community, and for just contributing your thoughts and ideas.

Duane: Thanks, Gabe. It's been my pleasure.

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1. Why do you think followers of Jesus are in some fields of study have more than others?

2. How do you think this sort of networking advances the common good?

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Editor's Note: This piece was originally part of Q's Fermi Podcast. You can listen to the original audio here. The image is from PolaPix.

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George

This sounds like a great program. But we would be remiss not to also consider the bias against Christians in academia. I recently published my research in this area in my book "Compromising Scholarship." As a Christian in academia it is my responsiblity to help create a more tolerant environment for Christians. But I hope that programs like these will find ways to support Christians seeking academic positions in ways to deal with that bias until those of us in academia can greatly reduce that bias.

Alexci

Hi, I am a PhD student in upstate New York. From a school of education and human development perspective, I am curious to find out how you could assist me in addressing the humanist views of social justice. I am very interested in race theory, but am struggling on how to approach it from a Christian world view rather than the common post-modern epistemic discourses I am confronted with in readings and class discussion. Thank you an God bless.

joseph tesla

due you how it work

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