JIS X 1998 BEYOND CULTURE WARS? JIS X 1998: 1-16 CHRISTIANS IN THE ACADEMY: OVERCOMING THE SILENCE William R. Marty University of Memphis The academy in the United States is almost wholly silent about Christianity, at least in the sense…
JIS IX 1997 THE QUEST FOR THE HOLY GRAIL JIS IX 1997: 1-18 LIBERALISM WITHOUT TRANSCENDENCE William R. Marty University of Memphis John Hallowell's seminal study, originally published in 1943, treats modern Western thought since the Renaissance and the Reformation…
JIS VIII 1996 THE CITY IN THE 21st CENTURY JIS VIII 1996: 1-18 THE CITY UNDER SIEGE: DRUGS AND CRIME George B. Palermo, M.D. Medical College of Wisconsin This essay explores the impact of alcohol and drug abuse on…
JIS VII 1995 THE FAMILY JIS VII 1995: 1-24 GOVERNMENT, MORALITY AND THE FAMILY William R. Marty University of Memphis The question of government and morality is raised by public clashes over the proper role, if any, of government regulation…
JIS VI 1994 RELIGIOUS RESURGENCE IN THE MODERN WORLD JIS VI 1994: 1-23 SCIENCE AND RELIGION: THE MISSING LINK * Oskar Gruenwald Institute for Interdisciplinary Research Contemporary natural science is returning to the question of First Principles concerning the origin,…
JIS V 1993 The Unity of the Arts & Sciences JIS V 1993: 3-24 THE MUSICAL ROOTS OF WESTERN MATHEMATICS * David Grandy Brigham Young University-Hawaii Alfred North Whitehead stated that mathematics and music compete with each other for the…
JIS IV 1992 The Rediscovery of America & Europe, 1992 JIS IV 1992: 1-26 CULTURAL THEORY, ETHICS AND POLITICS Oskar Gruenwald Institute for Interdisciplinary Research Political culture theory enjoyed a revival during the 1980s despite its alleged inability to account…
JIS III 1991 Christian Political Economy JIS III 1991: 1-10 CHRISTIAN POLITICAL ECONOMY: FACT OR VALUE? Oskar Gruenwald Institute for Interdisciplinary Research It is with pleasure, hope, and some trepidation that we present this volume of the Journal of Interdisciplinary…
JIS II 1990 REFORMATION II JIS II 1990: 1-21 CHRISTIANITY AND SCIENCE: TOWARD A NEW EPISTEME OF CHARITY * Oskar Gruenwald Institute for Interdisciplinary Research Ecumenical dialogue and reconciliation among Christians, the dictates of academic freedom, and the very integrity…
JIS I 1989 2OO1: THE FUTURE OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH JIS I 1989: 5-23 IS THERE A "CHRISTIAN SOCIOLOGY"? David O. Moberg Marquette University Even as there is no "Christian mathematics" or "Christian physics," some argue that there can be no…
JIS XXVII 2015 DOES GOD PLAY DICE? RANDOMNESS & DIVINE PROVIDENCE EDITORIAL Oskar Gruenwald: God, Nature and Freedom 1 ARTICLES William R. Clough: God's Dice: Bayesian Probability and Providence 4 Jerry Bergman: The Human Genome: The Challenge of Randomness 25…
FREEDOM & VIRTUE: Re-Inventing Free Institutions in an Era of Globalization HILTON, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, USA, 6-9 August 2015 In a postmodern era that brackets God and perceives all values and norms as equally subjective, social bonds have attenuated. Already…
