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'Digital' Fruits Of The Spirit?: A Review Of Analog Christian, Mike Janssen

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"Social media platforms are built to encourage addictive use, stimulating the same neurological connections as slot machines and drug addicts to encourage us to return to the well for further despair."

Posting about the book Analog Christian from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/digital-fruits-of-the-spirit-a-review-of-analog-christian/

Cheffes De Cuisine: Women And Work In The Professional French Kitchen, Mary M. Farrell

European Journal of Food Drink and Society

No abstract provided.

Review Of The Hidden Inequities In Labor-Based Contract Grading, By Ellen C. Carillo, Current Arguments In Composition, 2021, Amanda Sladek

Journal of Response to Writing

This review considers Ellen C. Carillo's The Hidden Inequities in Labor-Based Contract Grading, an important contribution that examines labor-based grading contracts through a disability studies lens.

The Popular And The Sacred In Music, Jacob Johnson

Yale Journal of Music & Religion

A book review is presented for Antti-Ville Kärjä, The Popular and the Sacred in Music, London and New York: Routledge, 2022.

William Gibson And The Futures Of Contemporary Culture, Ed. Mitch R. Murray And Mathias Nilges, Sean Scanlan

Publications and Research

Sean Scanlan reviews the 2021 collection titled "William Gibson and the Futures of Contemporary Culture" for American Literary History. Edited by Mitch R. Murray and Mathias Nilges, this eleven-chapter study, published by University of Iowa Press, outlines Gibson’s career and addresses three overarching questions or problematics: Gibson and literary history, Gibson and the question of medium, and the problem of the present.

Who Loved The Neighbor? A Review Of Faithful Antiracism, Abby De Groot

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"The authors’ purpose is... to equip Christians in all spheres of life to understand and, more essentially, disrupt racial injustice."

Posting about the book Faithful Antiracism from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/who-loved-the-neighbor-a-review-of-faithful-antiracism/

Enfolding Immigrants: A Review Of Beyond Welcome, Chris L. Goedhart

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"We cannot fail to see that our response to the least of these is our response to Christ himself."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Beyond Welcomefrom In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/enfolding-immigrants-a-review-of-beyond-welcome/

Wild Hope: Prayers And Poems (Book Review), Rose Postma

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Reviewed Title: Wild Hope: Prayers and Poems by John Terpstra. Toronto, Ontario: The St. Thomas Poetry Series, 2020. 95 pp. ISBN: 9781928095040.

The Revealing Art Of Film: A Review Of Seeing Is Believing, Joshua Matthews

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"Goodwin believes that great films are great art, and as such, are able to move viewers affectively and even change their lives."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Seeing is Believing from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/the-revealing-art-of-film-a-review-of-seeing-is-believing/

Wonderfully Made: A Protestant Theology Of The Body (Book Review), Alida Sewell

Pro Rege

Reviewed Title: Wonderfully Made: A Protestant Theology of the Body by John W. Kleinig. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2021. 235 pp. ISBN: 9781683594680.

The Youngest Boy (Book Review), James C. Schaap

Pro Rege

Reviewed Title: The Youngest Boy by Jim Heynen. Duluth, MN: Holy Cow! Press, 2021. 127 pp. ISBN: 9781513645599.

Three Tributaries, Exploring The Reformed, Baptist, And Catholic Branches: A Review Of The Church's Book, David Westfall

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"If our conversations about the Bible, its meaning, and its authority seem always to prove fruitless, perhaps this is a better place to start."

Posting about the book The Church's Book from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/three-tributaries-exploring-the-reformed-baptist-and-catholic-branches-a-review-of-the-churchs-book/

What It Means To Be Human: A Review Of You're Only Human, Gayle E. Doornbos, Hannah Landman

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"We are embodied creatures created by God to be limited by time and space and with our own unique set of gifts and abilities."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book You're Only Human from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/what-it-means-to-be-human-a-review-of-youre-only-human/

Reckoning With Status And Realigning Our Hearts: A Review Of Celebrities For Jesus, Ruth C. Clark

Staff Work

"Where... dynamic pastors and a church’s ‘good intentions’ begin, celebrity status can quickly overwhelm."

Posting about the book Celebrities for Jesus from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/reckoning-with-status-and-realigning-our-hearts-a-review-of-celebrities-for-jesus/

Rand, Sarah. The Small Book Of Hip Checks: On Queer Gender, Race, And Writing., Tl Jordan

Feminist Pedagogy

The small book of hip checks: On queer gender, race, and writing by Erica Rand is an accessible look into the revising process of writing through hip checks and personal stories. This review examines the concept of "hip checks" in writing, personal stories as a reflexive writing tool, and the role of the “hip check” in the feminist classroom. Rand’s book is well suited for educators looking to help their students through the writing and revising process.

Thriving Against The Technological Tide (Part Ii): A Review Conversation Of The Life We're Looking For, Justin Bailey, Matthew Beimers

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"We need to ask what it would look like to design more instruments and less devices. And we need to build our lives more around instruments and less around devices."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book The Life We're Looking For from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/thriving-against-the-technological-tide-part-2-a-review-conversation-of-the-life-were-looking-for/

Thriving Against The Technological Tide (Part I): A Review Conversation Of The Life We're Looking For, Justin Bailey, Matthew Beimers

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"Crouch’s book reminds us that the story of the competing cultural narratives demands one thing from us: our love."

Posting about the book The Life We're Looking For from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/thriving-against-the-technological-tide-part-1-a-review-conversation-of-the-life-were-looking-for/

Small Wonders: A Museum Of Missouri River Stories (Book Review), Howard Schaap

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Reviewed Title: Small Wonders: A Museum of Missouri River Stories by James Calvin Schaap. [Iowa] : Floyd River Press, 2022. 237 pp, ISBN: 9798425172358.

Speaking Is About The Hearer: A Review Of Speaking By The Numbers, David J. Mulder

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"Are there ways to help make public speaking less stressful for the speaker and more impactful for the listener?"

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book Speaking by the Numbers from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/speaking-is-about-the-hearer-a-review-of-speaking-by-the-numbers/

Healing Christ's Fragmented Body Through Communal Discipleship: A Review Of From Isolation To Community, Angela Perigo

Staff Work

"In slow attention akin to a patient gardener attending her plants, we attend to one another in a Christ-like posture of humility and curiosity."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book From Isolation to Community from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/healing-christs-fragmented-body-through-communal-discipleship-a-review-of-from-isolation-to-community/

The Church And Disability Justice: A Review Of My Body Is Not A Prayer Request, Kathleen Van Tol

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"You can choose to live in a way that reflects the belief that every person bears the image of God, regardless of ability or achievement."

Posting about the book My Body is Not a Prayer Request from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/the-church-and-disability-justice-a-review-of-my-body-is-not-a-prayer-request/

The Now And The Not Yet: A Review Of The Art Of New Creation, Justin Bailey

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"What does it mean to create art that reflects the reality of new creation, in a way that is attentive to the gritty particularities of our present moment?"

Posting about the book The Art of New Creation from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/the-now-and-the-not-yet-a-review-of-the-art-of-new-creation/

A Grim Reality, A Good Hope: A Review Of Fortune, Howard Schaap

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"Harper’s family tree takes us into the very real and specific effects that racist laws have on individuals."

Posting about ­­­­­­­the book Fortune from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/a-grim-reality-a-good-hope-a-review-of-fortune/

Review: Self+Culture+Writing, Samira Grayson

Writing Center Journal

Review of Self+Culture+Writing: Autoethnography for/as Writing Studies, edited by Rebecca L. Jackson and Jackie Grutsch McKinney.

Flourishing Together: A Christian Vision For Students, Educators, And Schools (Book Review), Timothy Van Soelen, Whitney Minderhoud

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Review Of Sandinista Narratives: Religion, Sandinismo, And Emotions In The Making Of The Nicaraguan Insurrection And Revolution, Lynn Horton

Sociology Faculty Articles and Research

A review of Jean-Pierre Reed's Sandinista Narratives: Religion, Sandinismo, and Emotions in the Making of the Nicaraguan Insurrection and Revolution.

Working Through Possibilities: A Scientist Reviews When Did Sin Begin?, Tony N. Jelsma

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"... [Haarsma] lays out the challenges of reconciling an evolutionary history with a biblical understanding of original sin."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book When Did Sin Begin? from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/from-a-scientist-a-review-of-when-did-sin-begin/

Sinful Trumps Exceptional: A Review Of We The Fallen People, Scott Culpepper

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"Christians of all political persuasions... must face deep questions about how their faith in Christ’s kingdom intersects with their participation in the kingdoms of this world."

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https://inallthings.org/sinful-trumps-exceptional-a-review-of-we-the-fallen-people/

Redeeming Negative Emotions: A Review Of The Power Of Regret, Donald Roth

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"Pink defines the growth potential from regret in terms of improving decisions, boosting performance, and deepening meaning."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book The Power of Regret from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/redeeming-negative-emotion-a-review-of-the-power-of-regret/

Rejecting Deconstruction And Welcoming Christian Mysticism: A Review Of When Everything's On Fire, David J. Mulder

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"This book is an invitation for us to recall and experience the history and tradition of the church that extends far back beyond the modern age."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­the book When Everything's on Fire from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/rejecting-deconstruction-and-welcoming-christian-mysticism-a-review-of-when-everythings-on-fire-faith-forged-from-the-ashes/