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	<description>Staying Strong in an Intellectual Battlefield</description>
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		<title>Irreligion as a religion of the modern classroom</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[In Christian universities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this article our Editor draws the attention of students to a religion that hides its identity in the modern classroom. It is irritating to hear people claim with an air of superiority that they are not religious when they really mean to say that their religion is not one but another. This is a typical claim by people whose religion disregards theistic or supernatural elements. They define religion not by the core criterion of belief but instead a secondary character, namely type of belief. Their Read more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ In this article our Editor draws the attention of students to a religion that hides its identity in the modern classroom.
It is irritating to hear people claim with an air of superiority that they are not religious when they really mean to say that their religion is not one but another. This is a typical claim by people whose religion disregards theistic or supernatural elements. They define religion not by the core criterion of belief but instead a secondary character, namely type of belief. Their <a href="http://www.intellectualgiants.com/irreligion-as-a-religion-of-the-classroom/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>When two Christian professors disagree</title>
		<link>http://www.intellectualgiants.com/when-two-christian-professors-disagree/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Lecture Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is easy for a Christian student to take a position when atheists and skeptics attack the Lord Jesus Christ and the Bible in the classroom. A more difficult situation is when two professors who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ take radically different views about important issues in various fields of study. How should a Christian student handle this situation in the classroom? Our guest contributor Professor Chimere-Dan clarifies the question. There are two types of scholars defined by the genuineness Read more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It is easy for a Christian student to take a position when atheists and skeptics attack the Lord Jesus Christ and the Bible in the classroom. A more difficult situation is when two professors who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ take radically different views about important issues in various fields of study. How should a Christian student handle this situation in the classroom? Our guest contributor Professor Chimere-Dan clarifies the question.

There are two types of scholars defined by the genuineness <a href="http://www.intellectualgiants.com/when-two-christian-professors-disagree/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>How Do I Begin to Know? The Question Every Student Asks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lecture Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New and old students ask honest questions and expect honest answers from professors that affect the way they approach different courses in college and their practical lives. We tasked our guest contributor Professor Dan Chimere-Dan to answer in exactly 300 words one of the basic questions that students ask about their disciplines. It is not a surprise that this question does not bother many people in ordinary life. We assume the answer. We take it for granted that we are humans and therefore must Read more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New and old students ask honest questions and expect honest answers from professors that affect the way they approach different courses in college and their practical lives. We tasked our guest contributor Professor Dan Chimere-Dan to answer in exactly 300 words one of the basic questions that students ask about their disciplines.
It is not a surprise that this question does not bother many people in ordinary life. We assume the answer. We take it for granted that we are humans and therefore must <a href="http://www.intellectualgiants.com/how-do-i-begin-to-know-the-question-every-student-asks/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>How Christians should study sociology</title>
		<link>http://www.intellectualgiants.com/how-christians-should-study-sociology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In Christian universities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How should Christian students approach one of the most secularized disciplines in the social sciences? What should Christian students look out for in sociology textbook and classes?  Prof Matt Vos provides an invitation to sociology that is grounded on a biblical perspective and brings the discipline home to our everyday experiences. You can listen to this short audio below. The Association of Christians Teaching Sociology has a short document about how sociological concepts relate to the Bible.  Read more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[How should Christian students approach one of the most secularized disciplines in the social sciences? What should Christian students look out for in sociology textbook and classes?  Prof Matt Vos provides an invitation to sociology that is grounded on a biblical perspective and brings the discipline home to our everyday experiences. You can listen to this short audio below.

The Association of Christians Teaching Sociology has a short document about how sociological concepts relate to the Bible.  <a href="http://www.intellectualgiants.com/how-christians-should-study-sociology/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Laws of physics and nature are God&#8217;s laws</title>
		<link>http://www.intellectualgiants.com/the-laws-of-physics-are-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lecture Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On a Christian perspective of physics. The laws of physics and all other laws of nature are the laws of God. Regrettably many professors subscribe actively or passively to worldviews with logical incoherence that is apparent in their bad philosophy and misrepresentations of God and the laws of nature. This is their basis for dismissing God as the creator of the universe and assigning unwarranted ultimate authority to scientific explanations. Here are three popular errors by most outspoken atheists Read more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[On a Christian perspective of physics.
The laws of physics and all other laws of nature are the laws of God. Regrettably many professors subscribe actively or passively to worldviews with logical incoherence that is apparent in their bad philosophy and misrepresentations of God and the laws of nature. This is their basis for dismissing God as the creator of the universe and assigning unwarranted ultimate authority to scientific explanations.
Here are three popular errors by most outspoken atheists <a href="http://www.intellectualgiants.com/the-laws-of-physics-are-god/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Is this the last Christian Generation? What makes you say that?</title>
		<link>http://www.intellectualgiants.com/is-this-the-last-christian-generation-what-makes-you-say-that/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>golda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Golda's Blog]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In America, a study which looked at the beliefs of teenagers involved in evangelical churches found some disturbing realities. The study found that over two-thirds of these young people believe the following: that there is no absolute moral truth that Christianity is about showing bad people how to live better that there is no way to tell which religion is true that Jesus is not the Son of the one true God Over half believe that Jesus did not rise from the dead. Alarming? What Read more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In America, a study which looked at the beliefs of teenagers involved in evangelical churches found some disturbing realities. The study found that over two-thirds of these young people believe the following:


	that there is no absolute moral truth
	that Christianity is about showing bad people how to live better
	that there is no way to tell which religion is true
	that Jesus is not the Son of the one true God
	Over half believe that Jesus did not rise from the dead.


Alarming? What <a href="http://www.intellectualgiants.com/is-this-the-last-christian-generation-what-makes-you-say-that/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>How to study drama/performing arts and films from a Christian perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.intellectualgiants.com/how-to-study-performing-arts-and-films-as-a-christian/</link>
		<comments>http://www.intellectualgiants.com/how-to-study-performing-arts-and-films-as-a-christian/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 06:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[- Listen to an audio by Prof C. Hallstrom Are you into movies, dramatic/performing arts, films and related disciplines? Many Christian students and professionals are confused about the opportunities for service and  boundaries of involvement in these areas. In this riveting introduction a practicing professor of theatre and film studies Prof Camille Hallstrom shows how to study and work in these disciplines from a Christian perspective.  Read more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[- Listen to an audio by Prof C. Hallstrom

Are you into movies, dramatic/performing arts, films and related disciplines? Many Christian students and professionals are confused about the opportunities for service and  boundaries of involvement in these areas. In this riveting introduction a practicing professor of theatre and film studies Prof Camille Hallstrom shows how to study and work in these disciplines from a Christian perspective.  <a href="http://www.intellectualgiants.com/how-to-study-performing-arts-and-films-as-a-christian/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Classroom challenges for Christian students in colleges and universities</title>
		<link>http://www.intellectualgiants.com/challenges-facing-christian-students-in-institutions-of-higher-learning-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>golda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What intellectual challenges do students face in the classroom specifically because of their faith in Jesus Christ? Please use the following questions as guidelines in sharing your experiences and views. You can chat with Christian friends on campus to get their opinions and include them in your comments. Your personal experiences Are you in a Christian or non-Christian institution? Do you experience any conflict between what professors and lecturers teach in the classroom and your personal Read more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[What intellectual challenges do students face in the classroom specifically because of their faith in Jesus Christ? Please use the following questions as guidelines in sharing your experiences and views. You can chat with Christian friends on campus to get their opinions and include them in your comments.

Your personal experiences

	Are you in a Christian or non-Christian institution?
	Do you experience any conflict between what professors and lecturers teach in the classroom and your personal <a href="http://www.intellectualgiants.com/challenges-facing-christian-students-in-institutions-of-higher-learning-2/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>God and mathematics</title>
		<link>http://www.intellectualgiants.com/god-and-mathematicss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 07:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lecture Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In One, Two, Three:  Absolutely Elementary Mathematics, David's Berlinski's style is as commendable as in his other scientific writings. David Klinghoffer posts a very good short comment on this intriguing introduction to the history and philosophy of basic mathematics. It remains a surprise that many scholars in maths and other numerical sciences are reluctant to acknowledging God in the glory of numbers. As Chimere-Dan notes in Facing Intellectual Giants, in order to engage honestly in mathematics Read more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In One, Two, Three:  Absolutely Elementary Mathematics, David's Berlinski's style is as commendable as in his other scientific writings. David Klinghoffer posts a very good short comment on this intriguing introduction to the history and philosophy of basic mathematics. It remains a surprise that many scholars in maths and other numerical sciences are reluctant to acknowledging God in the glory of numbers. As Chimere-Dan notes in Facing Intellectual Giants, in order to engage honestly in mathematics <a href="http://www.intellectualgiants.com/god-and-mathematicss/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A note on a Christian approach to knowledge</title>
		<link>http://www.intellectualgiants.com/a-note-on-a-christian-approach-to-knowledge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every scholar is faced with a basic challenge of locating a starting point of knowledge. How do we ground our thinking in all disciplines and subjects? A starting point in this sense is more than concepts, working assumptions, worldviews, theories or perspectives. It would be some all-embracing point that shapes all of these and gives them meaning and direction within the realities of human existence. You will most likely encounter this subject in the form of theories of knowledge or epistemology Read more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Every scholar is faced with a basic challenge of locating a starting point of knowledge. How do we ground our thinking in all disciplines and subjects? A starting point in this sense is more than concepts, working assumptions, worldviews, theories or perspectives. It would be some all-embracing point that shapes all of these and gives them meaning and direction within the realities of human existence.
You will most likely encounter this subject in the form of theories of knowledge or epistemology <a href="http://www.intellectualgiants.com/a-note-on-a-christian-approach-to-knowledge/" class="more-link">Read more [...]</a>]]></content:encoded>
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