Last week our Lifeway Campus store asked me for a list of five favorite books that they could display in their store as recommended reading. They are asking various professors from our faculty to do this throughout the year.
I wanted an ancient work, which was easy to choose – Augustine’s City of God – everyone should read it. And then I added a few “modern classics” that are accessible and don’t have any good popular … [Read More]
Why Johnny Can’t Preach
Guest Blog: On Disciplined Writing (3): Writing Praxis 101
By: John Burkett
Editor’s Note: John Burkett is Instructor of Rhetoric and Composition and Director of the Writing Center at SEBTS. He is a nice fellow who also has keen mind and pen. We at BtT invited him to write a follow-up to Bruce Ashford’s series, “On Disciplined Reading.” This is the third installment of three.
Writing Praxis 101: Audience-Message-Author.
Given our Christian confession (or “foundation,” for those who prefer a modernist term), what can we say about communication and more particularly about the symbolic action … [Read More]
Guest Blog: On Disciplined Writing (2): Theology and Writing 101
By: John Burkett
Editor’s Note: John Burkett is Instructor of Rhetoric and Composition and Director of the Writing Center at SEBTS. He is a nice fellow with a wickedly keen mind and pen. We at BtT invited him to write a follow-up to Bruce Ashford’s series, “On Disciplined Reading.” This is the second installment of three.
Theology and Writing Theory 101.
Contrary to popular opinion, writing is not a “subject” or a “course,” nor merely “expression,” but it is an art of … [Read More]
