The Christian Academic in Higher Education the Consecration of Learning /
This book offers a Christian engagement with the realities of academic life and work. Examining this topic from intellectual, institutional and spiritual perspectives, the author explores how the two identities - as a Christian and an academic - can both coexist and complement one another. The autho...
| Main Author: | Sullivan, John, |
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| Other Authors: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cham :
Springer International Publishing,
2018.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (XVI, 335 pages) : online resource. |
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| Summary: |
This book offers a Christian engagement with the realities of academic life and work. Examining this topic from intellectual, institutional and spiritual perspectives, the author explores how the two identities - as a Christian and an academic - can both coexist and complement one another. The author provides a 'road map' for academics demonstrating the interaction between religious faith and the responsibilities, challenges and opportunities of university scholarship and teaching. Addressing questions such as the contentious nature of religious faith in the university environment, the expression of faith within the role of professor, and the consequences of consecrating oneself to learning, this pioneering and practical volume will be relevant to Christian scholars in any academic discipline. |
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| Item Description: |
Chapter 1. Introduction -- PART I. ENTERING THE FIELD -- Chapter 2. Purposes and Presuppositions -- Chapter 3. Christian Scholars -- PART II. INTELLECTUAL LIFE AND WORK -- Chapter 4. Academic Judgements -- Chapter 5. Context, Conditions and Community -- Chapter 6. Worship and Learning -- Chapter 7. Christian Universities -- PART III. TEACHERS AND STUDENTS -- Chapter 8. Wisdom, Vocation and the University -- Chapter 9. Polarities in Christian Pedagogy -- Chapter 10. Reading, Teaching and Engagement -- Chapter 11. Vulnerability and Self-Giving in Christian Teaching and Learning -- Chapter 12. The Consecration of Learning. This book offers a Christian engagement with the realities of academic life and work. Examining this topic from intellectual, institutional and spiritual perspectives, the author explores how the two identities - as a Christian and an academic - can both coexist and complement one another. The author provides a 'road map' for academics demonstrating the interaction between religious faith and the responsibilities, challenges and opportunities of university scholarship and teaching. Addressing questions such as the contentious nature of religious faith in the university environment, the expression of faith within the role of professor, and the consequences of consecrating oneself to learning, this pioneering and practical volume will be relevant to Christian scholars in any academic discipline. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (XVI, 335 pages) : online resource. |
| ISBN: |
9783319696294 3319696297 |