Synopses & Reviews
Christian scholars and teachers everywhere are exploring ever more fully the relationship between Christian faith and the various academic disciplines. "Faithful Learning and the Christian Scholarly Vocation" makes a singular contribution to this ongoing endeavor. Leading voices in the Christian academy here provide a solid theological foundation for understanding the aims and practice of faith-and-learning integration, especially within church-related institutions, and also pointedly discuss some major challenges and opportunities facing Christian higher education in the twenty-first century.Contributors: Bob R. AgeeAnthony CampoloJoel A. CarpenterC. Stephen EvansNathan O. HatchDouglas V. HenryArthur F. HolmesRichard T. HughesDenton LotzMartin E. MartyParker J. Palmer
Synopsis
"Faithful Learning and the Christian Scholarly Vocation is an edited collection exploring the relationship between the Christian faith and the intellectual life, specifically within the Christian college or university. It offers a theological foundation for understanding the motives, aims, and practice of faith and learning integration within the academy, and then goes on to consider some of the important intellectual challenges and opportunities faced by Christian higher education in the twenty-first century. Drawing on annual H. I. Lectures sponsored by the Association of Southern Baptist Colleges and Universities (ASBCS), the volume expresses the rich resources contemplated within the Free Church tradition for developing a theology of higher education, one that matches the commitment to higher education evidenced by the missionary zeal with which their churches have founded colleges and universities.
Synopsis
With growing earnestness and understanding, Christian scholars and teachers are now exploring better ways of expressing religious faith in the academic world. This new book makes a significant contribution to the effort by investigating the relationship between faith and intellectual life within the Christian college or university. Drawing on leading voices in the Christian academy, this volume provides a theological foundation for understanding the motives, aims, and practice of faith and learning integration within church-relate institutions. It then goes on to consider some of the important intellectual challenges and opportunities faced by Christian higher education in the twenty-first century.
Table of Contents
Christian faith and the life of the mind / Richard T. Hughes -- The calling of the Christian scholar today / C. Stephen Evans -- The church and Christian higher education in the new millennium / Martin E. Marty -- The mission of Christian scholarship in the new millennium / Joel A. Carpenter -- Toward a spirituality of higher education / Parker J. Palmer -- Christian thinking in a time of academic turmoil / Nathan O. Hatch -- The closing of the American mind and the opening of the Christian mind : liberal learning, great texts, and the Christian college / Arthur F. Holmes -- Christian higher education and the conversion of the West / Denton Lotz -- The challenge of radical Christianity for the Christian college / Anthony Campolo -- Christian higher education in the twenty-first century and the clash of civilizations / Denton Lotz.