This spring semester, California\u2019s Biola University, among the nation\u2019s largest evangelical institutions, opens the doors of its ambitious new Center for Christian Thought. Resembling institutions such as Princeton\u2019s Institute for Advanced Study, Biola\u2019s center seeks to bring a mix of senior and postdoctoral fellows to campus to collaborate with internal fellows and faculty.<\/p>\n
The center is unusual in operating from a distinctly Christian vantage point. The mission statement is forthright: \u201cThe Center offers scholars from a variety of Christian perspectives a unique opportunity to work collaboratively on a selected theme…. Ultimately, the collaborative work will result in scholarly and popular-level materials, providing the broader culture with thoughtful Christian perspectives on current events, ethical concerns, and social trends.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
If the idea of Christian perspectives raises your eyebrows, it might be time to brush up on Augustine, Aquinas, Dante, Pascal, Kierkegaard, Dostoyevsky, Karl Barth, Martin Luther King, Edith Stein, Reinhold Niebuhr, and many others….<\/p>\n