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Sunday, April 19th, 2009Here is the post that inspired me to post again:
http://www.academicproductivity.com/2009/do-it-for-love-and-other-fallacies-to-motivate-grad-students-and-junior-faculty/
AP in turn points to:
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2009/01/2009013001c.htm
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2009/03/2009031301c.htm
Who in turn mentions:
Invisible Adjunct
Of course this is an American analysis, but it may have flow on effects for NZ and UK, especially given the numbers of American PhD worldwide and willing to move to get jobs.
Back to my scholarship….
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Calvin’s Advice to PhD students…
Monday, February 2nd, 2009they who have narrow and slender resources should know how to go without things patiently, lest they be troubled by an immoderate desire for them. If they keep this rule of moderation, they will make considerable progress in the Lord’s school. (Institutes of the Christian Religion, III, 10.5)
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LibraryThing -> Connotea
Friday, April 25th, 2008I’m trying to find a way to transfer book refs from my LibraryThing account to Connotea. If anyone knows a way then let me know.
I’m hoping to export the ISBN numbers from LT and then bulk convert into RIS and then upload them into Connotea. I’ll let y’all know if it works.
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A view of NZ religion
Monday, February 11th, 2008Here is a posting from http://blog.prayers.org/?p=655 about NZ’s state of religion a prayer requests for Feb:
4 – 6 Pacific: New Zealand is a secular society; people see the church and Christianity as irrelevant. More and more people claim to be of ‘no religion’ and churches are rapidly shrinking and losing their young people. Churches need [...]
Trip to Braemar in Royal Deeside
Saturday, September 8th, 2007This week I killed some time by heading to Braemar. I was looking for the location close to some good hill walking. Braemar wasn’t quite that, as you need a car to do most of the good walks around there.
I caught the train up to Aberdeen, which turned into a bus because of strike action. [...]
The Bible, Theology and the Environment
Monday, August 6th, 2007UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO DEPARTMENT OF THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES
is having an Open Lecture Series on
The Bible, Theology and the Environment
“The Bible and the Environment”
Dr James Harding and Professor Paul Trebilco
Archway 2, Wed 15 August 7.30 pm
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“God and Creation: A Theological Framework for Environmental Ethics”
Dr Murray Rae
Archway 2, Wed 22 August 7.30 pm
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“Environmental Ethics in the [...]
Sources for Christian Anarchist Thought
Saturday, June 30th, 2007Here is a brief list of resources for those exploring Christianity and anarchism. This is by not means a complete list – just an old list I stumbled across on my hard drive. Send me more items if you know of any.
Ballou, Adin, Non Resistance and Government, (1839), in Patterns of Anarchy, eds. Leonard I. [...]
Issues of Democracy
Monday, June 11th, 2007In 2001 the State Department published an issue of Issues of Democracy on “RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AS A HUMAN RIGHT“. That issue is not listed on their website, but does exist, for those looking for it.
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More on CASI…
Friday, June 1st, 2007The June 2007 Bush Telegraph from the PCANZ has a couple of items about CASI and its future. Firstly this from AES, the Rev Martin Baker:
The Churches Agency on Social Issues (CASI)
The Methodist Church and the Associated Church of Christ have joined with the Presbyterian Church in the decision to bring the work of CASI [...]
Trust in Religion in NZ
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007The latest Reader’s Digest annual trust survey was released last Friday.
Sports people filled nine of the top ten positions in the people list, while politicians filled out much of the bottom of the 75 places. The magazine commented in their media release:
Our top most trusted individuals, a category which ranks 75 well-known New Zealanders, have [...]