Several Biola professors received recognition in Christianity Today's 2022 Book Awards. Dr. Tim Muehlhoff, professor of communication studies, Dr. Rick Langer, director of the Office for the Integration of Faith and Learning, and Dr. William Lane Craig, visiting scholar in philosophy were all recognized on the list for their publications. Dr. Eddie Byun, associate professor of Christian ministry, and Dr. Ben Shin, associate professor of Christian ministry and leadership, also provided statements on two other books on the list.
Dr. Laura Dryjanska, program director of M.S. in Positive Organizational Psychology, wrote an article for this Italian publication on how positive organizational psychology can greatly impact the workplace in a positive light.
Dr. Tim Muehlhoff, professor of communication, used pop superstar Adele's divorce to emphasize that human desire will never be matched, and human relationships will disappoint while on this earth.
Biola University ranked #36 on this Stacker list of best colleges on the West Coast. Stacker rounded up the top 50 schools on the West Coast, based on Niche's 2021 Best Colleges in America list (updated February 2021).
Dr. Nancy Yuen, professor of sociology, spoke on the formative impact the children's show, "Sesame Street," had on her growing up, as she claims it taught her more English than her E.S.L. classes. The show is introducing its first Asian American puppet, to debut on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25.
Dr. Nancy Yuen, professor of sociology, spoke in an interview with the CCCU on navigating the complex calling of being an academic mother. The interview was about the book "Power Women" that Yuen as well as many other Biola female professors contributed to.
Dr. Tim Muhelhoff, professor of communication, references in this Christian Scholar's Review blog post the historic WWI truce that occurred during Christmas time where a German soldier put down his rifle and approached the British side and was met in the middle by an unarmed British soldier. This led to a truce where the soldiers put aside their differences and disagreements to enjoy something together.
Dr. Ken Berding, professor of New Testament, wrote a blog post that was quoted in this Grunge article, noting that the shortest verse in the Bible is John 11:35, "Jesus wept."
Dr. Nancy Wang Yuen, professor of sociology, was recently involved in a study on Asian Pacific Islander characters in film. The study found that across the 51,159 speaking characters in the 1,300 top-grossing movies, 5.9% were API, which fell short of the 7.1% of the US population identifying as API. She makes a comment on the representation of API people in Hollywood in this Nerdist article.
Based on his book "Defending Your Marriage," Dr. Tim Muehlhoff, professor of communication, with his wife Noreen Muehlhoff, assistant director of chapel programs, share about the reality of spiritual warfare against marriages, and how to combat the enemy’s lies with the truth of God on this Focus on the Family podcast.
Torrey Honors College is part of the 100 Days of Dante project put on by Baylor University. The project was created to honor the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death, which was Sept. 14. To celebrate this septcentennial, a coalition of college professors put together what they hope will be the “world’s largest Dante reading group.”
Dr. Jane Carr, professor of Christian Ministries, wrote this article on how to effectively utilize the often overlooked and untapped resource that can benefit children's ministries in the church: interns.
Dr. Michael Longinow, chair of the department of Digital Journalism, was quoted in this Washington Post article. He commented on the impact of Pat Robertson’s career due to his retirement from hosting 'The 700 Club.'
Biola, as a part of the “100 Days of Dante” project is aiming toTheir educate and inform readers about Dante. One way they are doing that is by putting the whole text of “The Divine Comedy” on the project’s website, in the original Italian as well as in an English translation. This Epoch Times article talks more about the project.
Dr. Kyle Strobel, Associate Professor of Spiritual Theology, contributed to this article, as it pertains to the book "The Way of the Dragon or the Way of the Lamb" that he co-authored with Jamin Goggin. The book gives a glimpse into the authors wrestling through their own temptations with worldly power, and turn readers' attention to Jesus’ subversive way of power found in weakness. This second edition also includes a new chapter in which Jamin and Kyle reflect on their own experience of being betrayed by a leader who abused his power.
Dr. Greg TenElshof, professor of Philosophy, looks into the close and complex relationship between guilt and shame in his book "For Shame: Rediscovering the Virtues of a Maligned Emotion."
Biola, in collaboration with Baylor University's Honors College, University of Dallas, Eastern, Gonzaga and Whitworth universities, helped create "100 Days of Dante," a reading initiative prompted by the Pope that will bring participants through Dante's cantos starting in September 2021 and ending on Easter 2022.
Dr. Nancy Yuen, professor of sociology, made comments in this Vice article on the subject of the underrepresentation of Asian people in film and television.
Dr. Joy Qualls, Associate Dean in the Division of Communication in the School of Fine Arts and Communication and Associate Professor, Communication Studies, spoke about the role of women in the Pentecostal church and the lack of opportunity for women who feel called to ministry in this Patheos article.
Cook School of Intercultural Studies professor Dr. Leanne Dzubinski spoke on a podcast about how research is showing that gender bias is both real and costly to organizations and to women leaders.
Dr. J.P. Moreland of Talbot School of Theology helped influence the filmmaker of the "Send Proof" documentary, a film that examines medical evidence of miracle healings to challenge skeptics and close the gap between the hard sciences and the supernatural.
Biola Philosophy professor Dr. Gregg Ten Elshof recently published a book on rediscovering the emotion of shame called For Shame: Rediscovering the Virtues of Maligned Emotion. This article looks into his book and discusses the heart of its topic.
Sociology professor Dr. Nancy Wang Yuen was interviewed on NPR's Morning Edition for her take on the new Netflix series "The Chair" featuring actress Sandra Oh.
Talbot School of Theology student Raymond Yang joined global media manager Morgan Lee and senior news editor Kate Shellnutt to discuss why abortion is prevalent among Chinese Christians, why the church rarely talks about sex, and how his family made the agonizing decision to have two children.
Dr. Allen Yeh, associate professor of Intercultural Studies and Missiology, shared his thoughts and sentiments on ‘Prof’ Andrew Walls, Founder of the Study of World Christianity in this Christianity Today article.
Worship artist Tommy Walker joined Biola University as an artist in residence in 2019. Biola was mentioned as one of many Christian institutions that are seeking out successful writers and musicians in the worship music industry to help train students hoping to serve in ministry.
Biola University's Director of the Center for the Study of the Work and Ministry of the Holy Spirit Today, Oscar Merlo, remembers the Jesus People Movement in this article.
Kyle Strobel and John Coe, both professors at Talbot School of Theology's Institute for Spiritual Formation, pen this insightful article pulling from their recently published book, "When Prayer Becomes Real."
Biola School of Science, Technology and Health professor Don Galbadage provides expert commentary on whether travel bans help stop the spread of Covid-19.
Biola University is featured in this article as an example of a college that truly demonstrates its Christian commitment through a set of measures described in the article.
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