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Alexis Abernethy

The Worshiping Body: Worship As Caught More Than Taught

In the last of six videos on “The Worshiping Body,” Alexis Abernethy emphasizes the importance a life in God has in shaping one’s leadership and ministry.

Brad Strawn

Extended Cognition: Extended and Embodied Cognition

In the first of seven videos on “Extended Cognition,” Brad Strawn explains how human cognition is not limited to an individual esoteric mind or even to an individual’s own body.

Brad Strawn

Extended Cognition: Extended Cognition and Christian Community

In the second of seven videos on “Extended Cognition,” Brad Strawn says we cannot be spiritually robust without our connection with other bodies.

Brad Strawn

Extended Cognition: Jesus Touching and Healing Through the Body

In the third of seven videos on “Extended Cognition,” Brad Strawn considers the embodied and tangible nature of Jesus’ work and what it means for the ministry of Jesus’ disciples.

Brad Strawn

Extended Cognition: Embodied Cognition and Relational Pain

In the fourth of seven videos on “Extended Cognition,” Brad Strawn reflects on the ways healing can come through relationships and community.

Brad Strawn

Extended Cognition: A Puny Spirituality and an Unhealthy Theology

In the fifth of seven videos on “Extended Cognition,” Brad Strawn talks about how theological claims can be put to psychological tests and how psychology speaks to and informs our theology.

Brad Strawn

Extended Cognition: Response-Abled Grace

In the sixth of seven videos on “Extended Cognition,” Brad D. Strawn engages with the theological question of divine and human relationship and responsibility.

Cynthia Eriksson

Trauma-Informed Ministry: Trauma As a Threat to Existence

In the first of six videos on “Trauma-Informed Ministry,” Cynthia Eriksson describes various kinds of trauma and reflects on our need to walk alongside each other in our suffering.

Cynthia Eriksson

Trauma-Informed Ministry: Key Elements

In the second of six videos on “Trauma-Informed Ministry,” Cynthia Eriksson outlines some guiding principles for trauma-informed approaches.

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Trauma-Informed Ministry: Cultural, Historical, and Gender Dynamics

In the third of six videos on “Trauma-Informed Ministry,” Cynthia Eriksson considers the dynamics of trauma in the broader narrative of a person’s social and historical context.

Cynthia Eriksson

Trauma-Informed Ministry: On Resilience and Recovery

In the fourth of six videos on “Trauma-Informed Ministry,” Cynthia Eriksson reflects on the safe relationships and spaces in which people can find healing.

Cynthia Eriksson

Trauma-Informed Ministry: Self-Care Practices

In the last of six videos on “Trauma-Informed Ministry,” Cynthia Eriksson highlights practices for resilience and recovery.

Kenneth T. Wang

Pursuing Truth Through Empirical Science: Stinky Tofu

In the first of seven videos on “Pursuing Truth Through Empirical Science,” Kenneth T. Wang gives an introduction to empirical research using a well-loved tofu dish as an illustration.

Kenneth T. Wang

Pursuing Truth Through Empirical Science: What Do the Data Say?

In the second of seven videos on “Pursuing Truth Through Empirical Science,” Kenneth T. Wang explains how data analysis provides an objective approach to confirming, or disconfirming, hypotheses.

Kenneth T. Wang

Pursuing Truth Through Empirical Science: Gideon As a Faithful Researcher

In the fourth of seven videos on “Pursuing Truth Through Empirical Science,” Kenneth T. Wang notes how empirical science and our belief in God intersect as both involve a movement toward truth.

Kenneth T. Wang

Pursuing Truth Through Empirical Science: Research As the Pursuit of Truth

In the fourth of seven videos on “Pursuing Truth Through Empirical Science,” Kenneth T. Wang notes how empirical science and our belief in God intersect as both involve a movement toward truth.

Kenneth T. Wang

Pursuing Truth Through Empirical Science: Understanding Human Emotions

In the fifth of seven videos on “Pursuing Truth Through Empirical Science,” Kenneth T. Wang talks about how the psychological sciences help us understand emotions—beyond cognition, thoughts, and beliefs.

Kenneth T. Wang

Pursuing Truth Through Empirical Science: On Being Empathized

In the sixth of seven videos on “Pursuing Truth Through Empirical Science,” Kenneth T. Wang discusses empathy and the ways God empathizes with our human experience and emotions.

Kenneth T. Wang

Pursuing Truth Through Empirical Science: The Importance of Humility

In the last of seven videos on “Pursuing Truth Through Empirical Science,” Kenneth T. Wang encourages humility as he emphasizes the reality that none of us are perfect of self-sufficient.

Kutter Callaway

The Cognitive Sciences and Belief

In the first of nine videos on “The Cognitive Sciences and Belief,” Kutter Callaway introduces the intersections and dynamics of cognitive science and religious belief.

Kutter Callaway

The Cognitive Sciences and Belief: Humans Are Not Blank Slates

In the second of nine videos on “The Cognitive Sciences and Belief,” Kutter Callaway talks about how humans are deeply embodied creatures who develop not only to exist in our environments but to thrive in them.