The Body Politic and the Body of Christ

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The fall 2016 issue of STILLPOINT is hot off the press, right in the midst of an unusually contentious electoral season. What better time to ask Gordon’s political science faculty to weigh in?

Relevant Theology: Amy Hughes Presents at Yale Consultation

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For Hughes, an email from Miroslav Volf meant an invitation to present a paper and participate in a discussion on the “Future of Theology” at the Yale Center for Faith and Culture.

Dorothy Boorse in Christianity Today Publication: The “Humongous Fungus”

The largest living organism covers 1,600 football fields and has been quietly growing in Oregon’s Malheur National Forest for thousands of years. Knowing about it answers one of the forest’s long mysteries. Biology Professor Dr. Dorothy Boorse shares… Read More

Education Research Enhances Math Teaching 

This summer, several student-faculty teams spent time tackling research projects in the arts and sciences—from asthma to accounting audits, bilingualism and women in leadership. Some were funded through the Provost’s Summer Research Fellowships, and others were individual projects…. Read More

Math + Voting Research = Greater Political Understanding

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You might not expect a college math professor and students to be conducting research closely related to the 2016 presidential election, but that’s exactly what Dr. Karl-Dieter Crisman, Min-Sun “Sunny” Kim ’17, and Luke Cui ’19 are doing.