Tag: Global Scholars

Brain Drain, Christian Worldview, and Christian Scholarship: Three Canadian Contributions to a Global Mission

October 5, 2026

This blog offers a window into the three Canadian papers offered at the first ever Society of Christian Scholars global conference. It delves into the motivation for service into global higher education, the worldview that guides it, and the gaps in scholarship that need addressing. … More Brain Drain, Christian Worldview, and Christian Scholarship: Three Canadian Contributions to a Global Mission

On Learnedness: A September Meditation in Light of the Queen’s Reign

September 22, 2022

Publications, appointments, awards and prizes, scholarships, bursaries and residencies may be the proofs of proficiencies in our worldly academic domains, but the gifts of good judgement, thoughtful restraint, humble presence, the seeking of truth, compromise, self-sacrifice, perseverance and mutual respect in the clamouring – at times, now contentious – hallways of the academy are still the most tangible ways we can share God.  … More On Learnedness: A September Meditation in Light of the Queen’s Reign

A Christian Textbook for Africans, Muslims, Women and Martyrs

December 17, 2019

Wendy Elgersma Helleman and Musa A. B. Gaiya. Early Christianity: A Textbook for African Students. Langham Press, 2019. Wendy Helleman’s co-authored textbook on early Christianity has been called “significant,” “timely,” “substantive,” “indispensable,” “in-depth,” and “comprehensive.” I would also like to add the words “a redemptive influence” to the mix as this is the centre of our … More A Christian Textbook for Africans, Muslims, Women and Martyrs