This scholarship should relate to topics such as ethics, service learning, character formation or the influence of presuppositional beliefs in a specific discipline. Three of the fellowships are designated for projects dealing with research informed by a Christian faith perspective, theoretical discussions of Christianity and higher education or the practical pedagogy of faith-learning integration in the classroom. In addition, the Center has funded an additional project designed to secure a larger grant for a collaborative project with other Christian scholars. This research project is a continuation of a program of study on teaching leadership theory. The project aims to forward a comprehensible, user-friendly explanation of chaos theory as it relates to leadership and to suggest a pedagogical model for teaching the theory.
Chaos theory challenges major presuppositional positions of traditional leadership theory.
This project also will explore some of the theological implications of this challenge and proposes dissemination in a scholarly, Christian journal. This research project seeks to contribute to the current debate on the causes and status of Black-White relations today by examining relative intermarriage rates between the nation's major ethnic groups. This may help explain the persistence of tense relations between Blacks and Whites and offer policy implications for both church and state. This research project involves foundational research for a book on historical models of spirituality. The book will be anchored in the gospel, informed by history, and relevant to the world of the reader.