Tag: scholar

The #1 female Evangelical scholar says she’s leaving the religion

She was long at Liberty University, then shifted to Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. She was an unexpected figure, a sort of paradox in America’s largest religion. Weirdly colorful. Intellectual. A bit eccentric. She was the Evangelical Auntie Mame, given to strange declarations. ...

The Islamic Scholar who Influenced Jewish and Christian Thought

The Islamic Golden Age (c. 750-1258 BCE) was marked by significant cultural, religious, scientific, and technological developments in the Muslim world (Abbas, 2011, p. 9). It was during the Islamic Golden Age that the physician and philosopher Avicenna argued for the existence of God. In The...

From Merit Scholar to Expulsion — my nightmare first year of medical school at UT Southwestern (UTSW).

I was careful to confirm my eligibility for both funding options, so I reached out to UTSW’s Financial Aid Advisor, Lindsay Partridge, who confirmed that my veteran’s benefits did not nullify my scholarship in any way (since it wasn’t a loan or additional scholarship, but a benefit...