Ethos is one of the three classical types of argumentative proofs or modes. The other two, logos and pathos, deal with logical and emotional reasoning, respectively. Ethos isn’t primarily about whether a claim makes sense within its context or conforms to a community’s beliefs about the world, although someone who can’t be relied on to […]
Reading: Unprotected Texts and the legacy of Paul
I’m in two reading groups this fall. One has just begun reading Unprotected Texts by Jennifer Wright Knust, an attempt to push Hebrew and Christian scholarship on desire, human sexuality, and the body out of biblical studies journals and into the church library. The tone of the book is much lighter than you might expect! I think our […]
What Are You Compelled To Do?
“You are not called to be the poster children for the status quo. Stretch into whatever vocation you are called to do… Refuse to live your lives in the past tense, the sad what-ifs, the dead-end maybes, the rootless and fruitless could-bes.” —Rev. Dr. Emilie Townes “If, indeed, womanist theology is accountable to ‘ordinary’ Black […]
Updates: Tumbling into Fall
Where did the summer go? I blinked and it was gone. June: Sunlight Foundation’s Transparency Camp (#tcamp14) I met the Sunlight Foundation’s operations director Scott Wells in May this year at a mutual friend’s new pastorate—just a few days after I’d seen a promoted tweet about the foundation’s annual un-conference on transparency, open government, and civic technologies: […]
Inspired by Adventist Scholarship
A few weeks ago I shared information about Washington Adventist University’s Keough Lectureship—a biannual series hosted by the university’s Department of Religion. This year’s lectures focused on women’s ordination and biblical interpretation and featured WAU’s Dr. Olive Hemmings and Loma Linda University’s Dr. Richard Rice. I had a blast! Adventist Today’s Monte Sahlin has compiled […]
Special Offer: Scholarship Season Review
I earned more than $17,500 in direct funding as a grad student by applying for scholarships each spring. If you’re writing applications this month, let me help you make them stronger. It’s scholarship and fellowship season! Are you a student or researcher applying for tuition or research support? Have a half-written essay? Written the essay but think […]
