Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2021 issue of Eikon. 1. Understanding Human Constitution In his recent book, Embodied: Transgender Identities, the Church & What the Bible Has to Say,[1] Preston Sprinkle helpfully maps out the four main views of human constitution — i.e., the relationship between the material and immaterial aspects...

Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2021 issue of Eikon. The Ancient Paths A central feature of the “long” eighteenth century — a marker of time used by historians to denote the period in Anglo-American history running from roughly the Glorious Revolution of 1688 to the English Reform Act of 1832 —...

Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2021 issue of Eikon. Is mathematics next on the chopping block to be deconstructed as a form of “Western imperialism”? A young woman describing herself as a teacher, PhD student, and “social justice change agent,” recently gained notoriety for tweeting, “The idea of 2+2 equaling 4 is cultural,” a...

Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2021 issue of Eikon. “Does Bluey being blue ruin gender stereotypes?” This was the question a reader asked after I recommended the Australian preschool cartoon “Bluey,” a show about a six-year-old puppy and the make-believe games she enjoys with her younger sister and parents. As I...

Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Fall 2021 issue of Eikon. In recent months, a certain church body made headlines after electing and installing Meghan Rohrer as bishop of their Sierra Pacific Synod. “Evangelical Lutheran Church elects first transgender bishop,” declared NBC News’s headline.[1] Not to be outdone in the vaguery department, CNN...