Christian Worldview and the Academic Disciplines
Subtitle: Crossing the Academy
By: edited by Deane E.D. Downey and Stanley E. Porter
Series: McMaster Divinity College Press : General Series ; v. 1
Publisher: Pickwick publications
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Eugene, OR
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 503
ISBN-13: 9781606085295
Description: This book -- an edited compilation of twenty-nine essays -- focuses on the difference(s) that a Christian worldview makes for the disciplines or subject areas normally taught in liberal arts colleges and universities. Three initial chapters of introductory material are followed by twenty-six essays, each dealing with the essential elements or issues in the academic discipline involved. These individual essays on each discipline are a unique element of this book. These essays also treat some of the specific differences in perspective or procedure that a biblically informed, Christian perspective brings to each discipline. Christian Worldview and the Academic Disciplines is intended principally as an introductory textbook in Christian worldview courses for Christian college or university students. This volume will also be of interest to Christian students in secular post-secondary institutions, who may be encountering challenges to their faith -- both implicit and explicit -- from peers or professors who assume that holding a strong Christian faith and pursuing a rigorous college or university education are essentially incompatible. This book should also be helpful for college and university professors who embrace the Christian faith but whose post-secondary academic background -- because of its secular orientation -- has left them inadequately prepared to intelligently apply the implications of their faith to their particular academic specialty. Such specialists, be they professors or upper-level graduate students, will find the extensive bibliographies of recent scholarship at the end of the individual chapters particularly helpful. - Publisher.
Table of contents: title: Prolegomena.The Christian university in contemporary culture / Douglas H. Shantz; title: What is a Christian worldview? / Bill Strom; title: Developing the characteristics of a Christian mind / Donald M. Page; title: The academic disciplines.A Christian perspective on art / Erica Grimm-Vance; title: A Christian perspective on biblical studies / Stanley E. Porter; title: A Christian perspective on biology / Dennis R. Venema, Richard J.L. Paulton; title: A Christian perspective on business / John R. Sutherland; title: A Christian perspective on chemistry / Craig D. Montgomery; title: A Christian perspective on communications / Bill Strom; title: A Christian perspective on computing science / Rick Sutcliffe; title: A Christian perspective on cultural anthropology / Joanne L. Pepper; title: A Christian perspective on economics / Senyo Adjibolosoo; title: A Christian perspective on English literature / John A. Anonby; title: A Christian perspective on geography / Carl J. Tracie; title: A Christian perspective on geology / Richard R. Walters; title: A Christian perspective on history / Robert K. Burkinshaw; title: A Christian perspective on linguistics / Michael R. Walrod; title: A Christian perspective on mathematics / Rick Sutcliffe; title: A Christian perspective on modern languages / Kelsey Haskett; title: A Christian perspective on music / David W. Rushton; title: A Christian perspective on nursing / Julia D. Quiring-Emblen; title: A Christian perspective on philosophy / Phillip H. Wiebe; title: A Christian perspective on physical education, health, and sport / Murray W. Hall; title: A Christian perspective on physics / John Byl; title: A Christian perspective on political science / Mark W. Charlton; title: A Christian perspective on psychology / Harold W. Faw; title: A Christian perspective on sociology / Craig Seaton; title: A Christian perspective on teacher education / Harro Van Brummelen; title: A Christian perspective on theater art / Lloyd A. Arnett