Belonging at the BYU’s: Advice to a College Freshman
A sense of belonging can make a real difference in your education. But you have a lot more control over whether you feel you belong than you think.
Category: Education
Stop Calling Concerned Parents Haters
Many parents have sincere concerns about sexually explicit and violent books in schools. A new open letter disregards these, perpetuating a dishonest narrative accusing these parents of being motivated by hatred and fear of minority groups.
A Conversation with Carl R. Trueman
Latter-day Saint scholar Jeffrey Thayne interviews the noted theologian Carl Trueman about the “Strange New World” Christians are now living in.
Independent Thinking, Conformity, and Democracy in Education
It’s a good thing to aspire for truth and “correct” thinking. But when the immediate aim of education is to ensure students think in the right way, it’s far too easy to begin infringing on the democratic ideals that make true education joyful and life-changing.
Critical Race Theory and the Gospel of Jesus
As CRT has come into academic vogue, it’s found its way more and more onto the campus at Brigham Young University. Should that be something we celebrate or oppose?
Deciding Who to Trust
The question of trust is front and center in crises in America today. Some declare a need to “trust more”—while others insist on less and a need for more scrutiny and critique. What if they are both right?
Latter-day Saints and the problem of “performative objectivity”
McKay Coppins’ recent Atlantic feature on the church noted a tension among Latter-day Saints trying to authentically live their faith while fitting into a culture that rejects them. Should we expect Latter-day Saint historians to be able to avoid that same challenge?
Do You ‘Believe in Science’…or Not?
Is science an oracle of truth—revealing what we should do and how we should think—or is it an ongoing, contested deliberation about that truth?
What is the Christian Core of a Classical Christian Liberal Arts Education?
If the purpose of education is acquiring truth, then education must take seriously the question of what truth is.
Considering Scholarship through a Gospel Lens (and Not the Other Way Round)
What might be called Classical Christian Liberal Arts Education? How is such an education reflected in the BYU Mission and Aims?
The Pressing Need for a Genuinely Christian Liberal Arts Education
Exploring the nature of a Classical Christian Liberal Arts Education, why the world needs it now more than ever, and how BYU can help.
Christian Love, Secular Progress, and Holistic Higher Education
Nietzsche once suggested Christianity is vulnerable to appropriation by lofty humanitarian aspirations. Are we falling into that tendency unawares?
