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...

Editor’s note: This article has been updated with a statement from FBC Elm Mott. The pronoun is a basic concept of grammar first learned by intuition and later catalogued by name in the elementary years. Yet today it dominates much of our national conversation. In the aftermath of the ongoing LGBT revolution, many have had...