Bryn Athyn College Alumni Magazine Spring/Summer 2018 | Page 18

FACUTLY SPOTLIGHT
Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning
is available through Linus Learning:
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more. He asserts that to be ac-
cessible to most students, math
has to be “more than a mysteri-
ous set of rules you have to fol-
low in order to get the right an-
swer on a page.”
Throughout the textbook
Neil illuminates concepts with
passages such as these, bringing
New Church thought directly
into the topics being discussed.
For example, the question of
wealth and the ethical concerns
related to financial planning, or
generally worrying about the
future, is included. Neil uses ex-
cerpts from the Sermon on the
Mount and from Swedenborg’s
book, Secrets of Heaven, number
8478, to suggest a balanced ap-
proach to doing your best yet
trusting in the divine regardless
of circumstances. Neil acknowl-
edges that mathematically in-
clined people can become ob-
sessed with perfect planning
and predicting, but that it’s
important to remember that
there are always environmental
factors that can disrupt even the
soundest course of action. He
suggests, “Plan, but don’t worry.”
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