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Kenneth Brewer

By on May 19, 2011 in Faculty Publications

Brewer, Kenneth. “The Cambridge Companion to John Wesley. Edited by Randy L. Maddox and Jason E. Vickers.” Heythrop Journal 52, no. 3 (May 2011): 513-514. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2265.2011.00663_58.x

Abstract: The Cambridge Companions to Religion series has provided numerous volumes of high quality to its readers. The recent addition, The Cambridge Companion to John Wesley, is no exception. The various chapters include four sections covering Wesley’s 18th century context, his life, work, and legacy. The text, in its entirety, provides an excellent overview and introduction not only to John Wesley in particular, but to the Wesleyan tradition in general.

Michael Buratovich

By on April 16, 2011 in Faculty Publications

Buratovich, Michael. “Inside the Human Genome: A Case for Non-Intelligent Design.” Christian Scholar’s Review 40, no. 2 (2011): 239-241.

Abstract: The University of California, Irvine’s Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, John C. Avise, is a very productive and highly respected scientist. His popular book, Inside the Human Genome, examines the content and structure of the human genome, but he moves beyond the bald facts about our genomes and tries to discern what they mean. The sequence of the human genome, according to Avise, provides strong evidence for the theory of evolution and even stronger evidence against the theory of intelligent design. More tellingly, Avise thinks that it tells us something profound about the problem of evil.

Robert Eells

By on February 16, 2011 in Faculty Publications

Eells, Robert J. “Vietnam’s Second Front: Domestic Politics, the Republican Party, and the War.” Fides Et Historia 43, no. 1 (Winter, 2011): 119-120.

Abstract: Johns’ primary focus is on the Republican Party. Although a minority congressional presence throughout this entire period (roughly 1960-1975), they were a political force nonetheless. They were significant players, Johns states, because bipartisanship in foreign policy was more rhetoric than reality – especially as conditions in Vietnam deteriorated. By the mid-sixties, a different form of patriotism was driving Republican doves to the conclusion that the war was a losing proposition, that it couldn’t be won and was causing more harm than good.

Michael Buratovich

By on April 16, 2010 in Faculty Publications

Buratovich, Michael. “Why Evolution is True/Why Evolution Works (and Creationism Fails).” Christian Scholar’s Review 39, no. 3 (2010): 358-362.

Abstract: While they mention Recent Creationism and address some of its objections to Neo-Darwinism, Young and Strode note that the Supreme Court outlawed the teaching of “Creation Science” in its 1987 Edwards v. Aguillard case. […] for their purposes, Young and Strode see Recent Creationism as a toothless tiger, and tend to focus more on the new challenger to Neo-Darwinism, ID theory. […] in their chapter on the cosmologica! case for design, Young and Strode use the computer simulations of physicist Victor Stenger to cast doubt on the fine-tuning argument.

Jen Letherer

By on April 3, 2010 in Faculty Publications

Letherer, Jen. “Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment/Word Pictures: Knowing God through Story and Imagination.” Christian Scholar’s Review 39, no. 2 (2010): 237-240.

Abstract: Even in this book I have struggled with this balance [of discussing positives and negatives]. Because of the constraint of space, I have tried to focus on movies that illustrate a particular point, good or bad, without examining the counterpoint. […] it seems to indicate that the readers Godawa wishes to influence should do what he says and not what he While the calls for discernment and understanding of narrative from different perspectives are extremely salient, Godawa’s practice of overgeneralizations nearly negates this call.

Charles White

By on February 3, 2010 in Faculty Publications

White, Charles Edward. “Wesley and Methodist Studies, Vol. 1.” Fides Et Historia 42, no. 1 (Winter, 2010): 79-80.

Abstract: The Manchester Wesley Research Center has launched a new journal which, as its website says,”[publishes] scholarly essays that examine the life and work of John and Charles Wesley, their contemporaries (proponents or opponents) in the eighteenth-century Evangelical Revival, their historical and theological antecedents, their successors in the Wesleyan tradition, and studies of the contemporary Wesleyan and Evangelical traditions. Its primary historical scope is the eighteenth century to the present; however, WMS will publish essays that explore the historical and theological antecedents of the Wesleys (including work on Samuel and Susanna Wesley), Methodism, and the Evangelical Revival. This journal will have a dual and broad focus on both history and theology. Its aim is to present significant scholarly contributions that shed light on historical and theological understanding of Methodism broadly conceived.”