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Michael Buratovich

By on September 16, 2004 in Faculty Publications

Buratovich, Michael. “Perspectives on an Evolving Creation.” Christian Scholar’s Review 34, no. 1 (Fall, 2004): 136-138.

Abstract: …Kansas State paleontologist Keith Miller has assembled an impressive cadre of contributors who believe in both evolution and the orthodox Christian faith. The contributors to this book hail from Christian schools like Calvin, Messiah, and Wheaton to name a few, and secular universities like UCLA, University of Alabama, and Johns Hopkins University. The resulting volume is highly educational and informative even if it is a little uneven in places.

Michael Buratovich

By on June 16, 2003 in Faculty Publications

Buratovich, Michael and Thomas Buratovich. “Battle for the Beginning: Creation, Evolution and the Bible.” Christian Scholar’s Review 32, no. 4 (Summer, 2003): 455.

Abstract: Well-known pastor and radio preacher John MacArthur wrote The Battle for the Beginning to “examine what the biblical text teaches about creation” (29), but not to “get into in-depth scientific arguments related to the origin of our universe” (29). The Battle for the Beginning shows the problems that potentially surface when a gifted expositor writes an authoritative text outside his area of expertise.

Ines Jindra

By on September 16, 2002 in Faculty Publications

Ines, Wenger Jindra. “Crossing the Gods: World Religions and Worldly Politics.” Social Forces 81, no. 1 (2002): 378-380.

Abstract: Are there “culture wars” occurring in countries other than the U.S.? The main theme of this fascinating book is the relationship between religion and politics around the world. In the first part, the author combines an anthropological approach with travelography and takes his readers on a worldwide journey, using the image of religion as a moth circling the flame (politics). Religion, like the moth, increases both its possible gains (e.g., it can energize politics, provide legitimacy and moral leverage) and possible losses (e.g., assassinations of openly religious figures, religious violence or religious lethargy due to influence of the government) by approaching the political flame too closely. In order to understand these issues, he stresses the cultural context of religion over its doctrine.

Michael Jindra

By on April 3, 2002 in Faculty Publications

Jindra, Michael. “Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress.” American Anthropologist 104, no. 3 (09, 2002): 978-979.

Abstract: Why has such an enormous gap developed between rich and poor countries of the world? Some have argued alternatively for differences in geography or environment, political or economic systems, or histories of exploitation. Cultural differences have also been a major explanation, and, given the central role of the culture concept in our discipline, anthropologists should be talking the lead in this discussion, but too often other scholars pick up where we fear to tread, as this book does.