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Posted on December 12, 2018

From ‘Me’ to ‘We’: Reclaiming a Reciprocal Gospel

In her new book published by InterVarsity Press last month, Dr. Sharon Ketcham addresses the root of why rising generations are leaving the American evangelical Church.

Posted on December 10, 2018

Melkonian-Hoover Addresses Immigration Conversation Among Evangelicals in New Book

Ruth Melkonian-Hoover (political science) hopes to shed light on immigration reform from a perspective of faith in her new book, 'Evangelicals and Immigration: Fault Lines Among the Faithful.'

Posted on November 7, 2018

Missiologist to Join Department of Biblical Studies and Christian Ministries

Rev. Dr. Daniel S.H. Ahn is Gordon’s newest professor of biblical studies and Christian ministries. As a missiologist, he has trained missionaries and taught theology in more than six countries from East Asia to North Africa.

Posted on October 18, 2018

The Theory of Thriving

Having been awarded a Shared Justice Student-Faculty Research Prize, Paul Brink (political science) and Jordan Bellamy ’20 investigated the effects of the increasing housing prices on the North Shore of Massachusetts, specifically in the city of Lynn.

Posted on October 17, 2018

Reimagining Shalom

With guidance and encouragement from Sybil Coleman (social work), Kelly (Connolly) Palmer ’13, LMSW, is working toward God’s vision of justice—something she likens to shalom.

Posted on October 9, 2018

An Experiment in Multilayered Mentorship

Dr. Evangeline “Angie” Cornwell (biology), Courtney Olbrich ’18 and Dr. Lisa Spencer ’95 investigate the function of a certain type of white blood cell in the rise of allergies, specifically food allergies.

Posted on October 8, 2018

Critical Cultural Theorist Joins Communication Arts Faculty

Posted on October 5, 2018

Scot Talks 2018: Unfamiliar Metaphors Found in Familiar Places

In a series of TED-style Scot Talks taking place on Homecoming and Family Weekend, listeners received their fair share of surprising metaphors from Matt Doll, Sharon Ketcham and Sean Clark.

Posted on October 2, 2018

For the Craft and the Creator

For 20 years, artists Bruce Herman and Bryn Gillette ’02 have been pursuing the perennial question they discussed in their very first meeting: What does it mean to be a Christian who is an artist?

Posted on September 25, 2018

The Art of Seeing the Subtext

Over the course of three years, Kaye Cook (psychology) and Si-Hua Chang ’16 created ways to code qualitative research on topics ranging from how the Church has changed to whether women should be ordained to national laws that potentially undermine church practice.

Posted on September 20, 2018

Compassion and Competence: The Center for Balance, Mobility and Wellness at 15 Years

“What does it mean for us to provide care that’s different,” muses Dr. Sean Clark ’88 (kinesiology), center and research director for the CBMW, “that’s compassionate, that shows Christ’s love in the moment?”

Posted on September 18, 2018

Receiving the 'Permesso di Soggiorno': 20 Years of Gordon in Orvieto

Over a decade of conversations, including during a sojourn in Italy, John Skillen and Bruce Herman thoughtfully gave shape to an innovative study abroad program, which piloted in 1998 in the small, historic Italian hill-city of Orvieto.