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Should you get a Philosophy PhD?

June 7, 2017 by Randal

When folks ask me whether they should do a PhD in philosophy (or theology, for that matter) I typically respond, “Yes, if you’re okay with being the smartest barista at Starbucks.” I then go on to describe the bleak prospects for humanities PhDs generally, and philosophy (and theology) in particular. Since you might not have […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: academia, employment, humanities, Job, philosophy

Lessons from the Sarcastic God (A subversive quiet time meditation)

April 14, 2011 by Randal

The other day I was reading Job 38 with my daughter. This is the point when God finally answers Job with a blast of poetic rhetorical supremacy from on high. God includes with the verbal dressing down of Job lines like this:  “What is the way to the abode of light?    And where does darkness […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: God, Job, sarcasm

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