Matt Lundberg

2 weeks ago | christianscholars.com | Margaret Diddams |Matt Lundberg |Jessica Martin

The standard format for each issue of Christian Scholar’s Review over the past fifty years has typically begun with three or four peer-reviewed articles, followed by book reviews and occasionally article-length extended reviews. In this issue, we are altering our traditional format to begin with a book review forum curated by our new book review editor, Matt Lundberg, director of the de Vries Institute for Global Faculty Development and professor of religion at Calvin University.

2 months ago | christianscholars.com | Matt Lundberg |Jessica Martin

I just finished watching the series A Small Light (currently available on Amazon Prime) with my wife and 17-year-old daughter. The three of us are going to the Netherlands in a few days, me for a conference and a bit of sightseeing, and the two of them exclusively for sightseeing during my daughter’s spring break. My wife—who is obsessed with film and literature focused on the Holocaust—insisted on my daughter and me watching it, in part to prepare for some of the places we will visit.

Apr 26, 2024 | advisorperspectives.com | Xi Liu |Matt Lundberg |Thomas Verghese

Key PointsAs a result of soaring valuations, tech leviathans now account for historically extreme levels of concentration in cap-weighted indices. Concentration risk highlights the vulnerability of cap-weighted indices to short-term volatility and irrationality. Equal-weight indices offer broad-market exposure to mitigate concentration risks but design flaws limit their potential.

Nov 6, 2023 | thebanner.org | Matt Lundberg |Big Questions

What is cultural appropriation? Why is it wrong? How do we avoid it? Definitions vary, but cultural appropriation usually involves unbalanced power dynamics. It is understood as borrowing something distinctive from another cultural group in ways that either disrespect that cultural group, fail to give credit to it, or take without asking. Some define it as cultural borrowing from a less privileged group in ways that confer prestige or gain upon a more privileged group.

Aug 7, 2023 | thebanner.org | Matt Lundberg |Big Questions

Why do some Christians who are generally opposed to abortion allow for abortion in the case of pregnancy due to rape? Isn’t that a double standard? The general opposition to abortion flows from the conviction that life is a gift from God, with human life an especially precious gift. This opposition is often underpinned by the conviction that the life and personhood of the new human being begin at conception.