Christian faith and scholarship
Subtitle: an exploration of contemporary developments
By: Todd C. Ream, Perry L. Glanzer.
Contributors: Ream, Todd C.; Glanzer, Perry L.
Series: ASHE higher education report -- v. 33, no. 2
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9780470228890
Subjects: Church and college.; Learning and scholarship -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.; Education (Christian theology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-129) and index.
Table of contents: value: A false prophet?; value: The secularization of scholarship in American higher education; value: The secularization of American higher education; value: Is the secularization of higher education inevitable?; value: Deconstructing the secularization narrative; value: Faith-informed traditions of practical rationality: contemporary approaches of three religious traditions to knowledge; value: The Roman Catholic tradition; value: The Reformed Worldview; value: The Anabaptist Narrative; value: Traditions, worldviews, narratives, and practices: how faith shapes reason; value: Faith-informed scholarship across the disciplines; value: The influence of background beliefs on scholarship; value: Specific examples; value: Faith-informed scholarship and the practices of networks and institutions; value: Old and new networks of religious colleges and universities; value: Religious faith and scholarship: institutional practices; value: Religion and scholarship: networks of scholars and professional associations; value: Faith-informed scholarship and the practice of academic freedom; value: Defining academic freedom; value: A brief comparative history of faith-informed scholarship and academic freedom; value: Comparing individual perspectives of faith-informed scholarship and academic freedom; value: Institutional examples of faith-informed scholarship and academic freedom; value: Faith-informed scholarship and the larger tournament of narratives; value: Expounders of decline or decay in the academy; value: Narratives of hope? : the postmodern, postliberal, postsecular university; value: The hope of faith-informed narratives, scholarships and universities.