{"id":69856,"date":"2019-01-31T17:15:38","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T00:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=69856"},"modified":"2019-02-17T19:48:02","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T02:48:02","slug":"faith-scholarship-faithful-scholarship-and-the-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2019\/01\/faith-scholarship-faithful-scholarship-and-the-like.html","title":{"rendered":"Faith, Scholarship, Faithful Scholarship, and the Like"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\"Nice<\/a>
A neighborhood on one of the hills of Amman, Jordan (biblical Rabbath Ammon and Philadelphia). BYU\u2019s intensive Arabic study abroad program has been held in Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Damascus, but mostly (and, of late, repeatedly) in Amman.
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Whenever I can, I\u2019m going to continue to supply you with material for your Christopher Hitchens Memorial \u201cReligion Poisons Everything\u201d \u00a0File. \u00a0Here\u2019s an important new piece of evidence illustrating how religion or religious involvement ruins lives:<\/p>\n

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\u201cDoes faith make you happier? New research explores links between religion and well-being\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cBYU one of nation\u2019s highest producers of foreign-language degrees: BYU comes in at No. 3 overall, tops several specific language categories\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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BYU is the top producer of foreign-language degrees in Arabic, Russian and Portuguese, the fourth for Korean, and the sixth for French.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s gratifying to see.<\/p>\n

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My friend Kirk Belnap<\/a>, a long-time colleague in the Arabic Section of BYU\u2019s Department of\u00a0Asian and Near Eastern Languages, delivered a lively and interesting presentation about the history of the University\u2019s intensive Arabic study abroad program to a faculty audience at a Humanities Colloquium this afternoon, from which I\u2019ve only just now returned.<\/p>\n

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Here is the pr\u00e9cis<\/em> that he offered in advance of his presentation, which was entitled \u201cReflections on a 30-Year Experiment with Experiential Learning and Cognitive Dissonance\u201d:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe aims of a liberal arts education were clearly spelled out by the fourth century: well-rounded global citizens capable of the critical thinking needed to address the challenges of the times in which they live. This outcome is foundational to our own and other general education programs. Really getting students\u2019 attention in order to affect real change is key. The cognitive dissonance resulting from grappling with a difficult real world problem is widely acknowledged as an effective high impact practice. Following a brief sketch of the history of our section\u2019s highs and lows in experimenting with experiential learning in eight countries, I will lead a discussion of factors that can hopefully help all of us as we seek to leverage opportunities around us at BYU and beyond to build life-changing interdisciplinary educational encounters.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Not bad:<\/p>\n

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\u201cBYU professor\u2019s film short gets Sundance premiere, wins Jury award\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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***<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Lawrence Poulsen:<\/p>\n

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\u201cLawrence Poulsen (1933-2019)\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Larry wrote a review for the FARMS Review<\/em> back in the bad old days, when I served as its vicious and mean-spirited editor:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Light Is Better Over Here\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 Whenever I can, I\u2019m going to continue to supply you with material for your Christopher Hitchens Memorial \u201cReligion Poisons Everything\u201d \u00a0File. \u00a0Here\u2019s an important new piece of evidence illustrating how religion or religious involvement ruins lives: \u00a0 \u201cDoes faith make you happier? 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