Academic Insert in Contact

Currently our international Contact is published four times per year -- March, June, September, and December.

Each issue includes an academic insert, a scholarly paper that promotes Christian higher education. To upload a paper to be considered for an Academic Insert, click here. You may also email iapche@dordt.edu.

Copy deadlins for each issue is the 15th of the previous month, i.e. February 15, May 15, August 15, and November 15.

Each issue includes an Academic Insert, Most recent titles are listed here. Click on the title to read the paper.

Christian Schooling and the Reform of Public Education
Dr. Bruce Wearne
Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia
December 2011 Academic Insert

Global Christian Higher Education: Audacious, Risky, Diverse
Dr. Nick Lantinga
Former Executive Director, IAPCHE
September 2011 Academic Insert

Warmth from Stone Churches

Dr. Frank Sawyer

Sarospatak Theological Academy

June 2011 Academic Insert

 

Is Cultural Engagement Biblical?
Dr. Richard Edlin
President, Edserv International
March 2011 Academic Insert

 

Worldview Ecumenism for Transformational Education
David S. Lim, Ph.D.
 Asian School of Development & Cross-Cultural Studies, Philippines
December 2010 Academic Insert

A Paideia Proposal: The Educational Power of Great Tradition Christianity
by David Naugle
Dallas Baptist University
September 2010 Academic Insert

Battle for the Mind

by Danny McCain

University of Jos, Nigeria

June 2010 Academic Insert

 

Synectics Principles in the Riddles of the Lelna of Nigeria as a Tool for Chrisian Education
by Samuel Peni Ango, Chaplain and lecturer
United Missionary Church of Africa Theological College, Kwara State, Nigeria
March 2010 Academic Insert

 

Signs of a Growing Church
by Emmanuel Asante
The Presiding Bishop, Methodist Church, Ghana
December 2009 Academic Insert

 

Integrity in Solidarity: Christian Professionals in a Plural Public Sphere
by Dr. Jonathan Chaplin, Director,
Kirby Liang Institute for Christian Ethics. England
September 2009 Academic Insert

 

Christian Higher Education and the World of the Student
by Peter Blokhuis, Ph.D., Lecturer in Philosophy,
Ede Christian University, the Netherlands
June 2009 Academic Insert

 

Global Trends in Christian Education and Teacher Training
by Moira Chimombo, Ed.D., Executive Director,
Sub-Saharan Africa Family Enrichment (SAFE), Malawi
February 2009 Academic Insert

 

Overcoming Diversity
by Sander Griffioen, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy,
Vrije Universiteit, the Netherlands
September 2008 Academic Insert

 

How to Use the Bible in Christian Scholarship
by Donald Sinnema, Ph.D., Professor of Theology,
Trinity Christian College, USA
June 2008 Academic Insert

 

The Christian's Calling - Even to Entrepreneurial Business?
by J. Thomas Whetstone, D.Phil., Chair, Business & Leadership,
Regent University, USA
March 2008 Academic Insert

 

A Blue Print for a Non-Reductionist Theory of Reality
by Roy Clouser, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy,
The College of New Jersey, USA
December 2007 Academic Insert

 

To Lead a Better Life...
A Pr/axiological (Re)turn in Philosophy (of Education)
by Dr. Doug Blomberg
Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto, Canada
September 2007 Academic Insert 

 

Using the History of Technology as a Tool in Teaching Students to be More Aware of Technological Developments and Problems 
by Johan H. de Klerk, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics,
North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Potchefstroom, South Africa June 2007 Academic Insert

 

A Proposal: Two Problems, a Single Solution
by Russell Maatman, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry Emeritus,
Dordt College, USA
April 2007 Academic Insert


This insert features papers in both  Spanish and English!

Equipping Christian Students to Connect Kingdom Citizenship to Issues in Today's Societies / Equipando a los Estudiantes Cristianos para Conectar la Ciudadanía del Reino con Temas de la Sociedad Actual
by Henk Jochemsen,
Prof. Dr. G. A. Lindeboom Institute, the Netherlands

Response / Reacción
by Sergio Saavedra Belmonte,
Universidad Evangelica Boliviana, Bolivia
January 2007 Academic Insert

 

This insert features papers in both Spanish and English!

Sobre La Igualdad: Perspectivas  Teológico-Bíblicas /
On Equality: Biblical-Theological Perspectives
by Vinoth Ramachandra, South Asia Regional Secretary,
International Fellowship of Evangelical Students
Response / Reacción
by Elsie de Powell Professor of Philosophy, Retired,
Universidad Nacional  de Tucuman, Argentina
September 2006 Academic Insert

 

The Promises of Civil Society
by Govert Buijs
Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
June 2006 Academic Insert

 

Professing God in History Class
by Harry Van Dyke
ooyeweerd Center for Christian Philosophy, Canada
February 2006 Academic Insert

 

What Is That In Your Hand? Realizing Africa’s Potential
by Isaac Njaramba Mutua
Centre for the Promotion of Christian Higher Education in Africa
September 2005 Academic Insert

 

Churchland, Kandel, and Dooyeweerd on the Reducibility of Mind States
by Prof. Gerrit Glas,
University of Leiden, The Netherlands
May 2005 Academic Insert

 

Reflections on Practice:
Experiential Education as Personal and Social Transformation

by Michelle Hughes, M.Div. & Clinton E. Stockwell, Ph.D.,
Chicago Semester
January 2005 Academic Insert

 

True Knowledge Is Made Possible by True Religion
by Dr. Edward Tingley,
Augustine College, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
September 2004 Academic Insert

 

The Soul of the Curriculum:
A Framework for Integral Christian Education
by Dr. Hubert R. Krygsman,
Dordt College
May 2004 Academic Insert

 

Historical Background to Conflicts over Religion in Public Schools
by Dr. Charles L. Glenn,
Boston University
February 2004 Academic Insert

 

Regional Paper: China - Hong Kong
by Dr. Peter Tze Ming Ng
Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
November 2003 Academic Insert

 

Where About and Whereto: Korean Christian Higher Education
by Dr. Kuk-Won Shin,
Chongshin University, Seoul, Korea
March 2003 Academic Insert

 

Reformational Christian Philosophy and Christian College Education.
by Dr. Calvin Seerveld,
Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
October 2002 Academic Insert

 

Responses to Lostness in Modern Japan  
by Dr. Hisakazu Inagaki,  
Tokyo Christian University, Tokyo, Japan
March 2002 Academic Insert

Scholarship at the Crossroads:
Exploring Lesslie Newbigin's Missionary Model of Contextualization
by Dr. Michael Goheen,
Redeemer University College, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada  
November 2001 Academic Insert

 

The Perils of Prosperity:
Neo-Calvinism and the Future of Religious Colleges
by Dr. Joel A. Carpenter,
Calvin College,  Grand Rapids, MI, USA
March 2001 Academic Insert

 

Why Should A University Exist?
by Dr. Calvin Seerveld,
Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
November 2000 Academic Insert