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The Teaching Professor, Volume 14, Number 2
The Teaching Professor, Volume 14, Number 1
The Teaching Professor, Volume 13, Number 10
The Teaching Professor, Volume 13, Number 9
The Teaching Professor, Volume 13, Number 8
The Teaching Professor, Volume 13, Number 7

Concentrating on the "practices" of Christianity enables us to think about education in new ways. Identifying practices as the sites of learning in theological education allows us to avoid some common "divisions" in thinking about education and calls for the development of new language to name the process of education.

A 1996 article commissioned by Lilly Endowment Inc. and Auburn Theological Seminary. reflecting on the significance of information technology in seminary education.

Descartes’ Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain

Since Descartes famously proclaimed, “I think, therefore I am,” science has often overlooked emotions as the source of a person's true being. Even modern neuroscience has tended, until recently, to concentrate on the cognitive aspects of brain function, disregarding emotions. This attitude began to change with the publication of Descartes' Error in 1995. Antonio Damasio—“one of the world's leading neurologists” (The New York Times)—challenged traditional ideas about the connection between emotions and rationality. In this wondrously engaging book, Damasio takes the reader on a journey of scientific discovery through a series of case studies, demonstrating what many of us have long suspected: emotions are not a luxury, they are essential to rational thinking and to normal social behavior. (From the Publisher)

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