Christian Faith and University Life

This book provides new insights on the unique role of doctoral students and new faculty as they join other stewards of the academy working within Christian higher education. Weaving together a variety of voicesgraduate students, pastors, and seasoned scholarsthe book examines the Christian university's relationship to the Church and how faith and stewardshipcan guide the pursuit of teaching and scholarship.

Explores how educators might reconceive graduate student formation as rooted in the tradition of the Christian practice of stewardship Calls for a re-thinking of faculty formation in the twenty-first century to embrace the idea of "stewards of the discipline" for academic life Suggests practical ways Christians working in the university can formulate pedagogical practices that account for students' differing levels of privilege and resources Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
T. Laine Scales is Professor of Higher Education and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Professional Development at Baylor University, USA.
Jennifer L. Howell is a PhD student in Religion at Baylor University, USA.

Klappentext
This book provides new insights on the unique role of graduate students within Christian higher education. Weaving together a variety of voicesdoctoral students, new faculty, and seasoned scholarswith findings from empirical qualitative research, the book examines how faith and stewardship guide how they pursue scholarship and teaching as well as the academy's relationship to the church. The result of this examination is a coherent and thematic narrative that will appeal to Christian graduate students and new faculty seeking to enter the academy with a clear sense of purpose and responsibility.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Stewardship Reconsidered: Academic Work and the Faithful Christian.- Chapter 2. Responding to a Summons: A.J. Conyers and the Academic Vocation.- Chapter 3. Embracing Wisdom.- Chapter 4. Vocation is Something that Happens to You: Freedom, Calling, and Christian Education.- Chapter 5. Putting Down Roots: Why Universities Need Gardens.- Chapter 6. Expound this Love: Naming Your Heart in the Classroom.- Chapter 7. Christian Teachers Integrating their Faith Traditions: A Taxonomy of Practical Methods.- Chapter 8. A Radical Approach to Education: Teaching as though the Church Still Matters.- Chapter 9. Intellectual Humility & Higher Education.- Chapter 10. Pedagogical Practices: Lessons from Augustine of Hippo.- Chapter 11. Finding God in All Things: On Re-imagining the University.- Chapter 12. The Mind is its Own Place: Gnosticism and Why Scholars Need the Church.- Chapter 13. Cultivating Intellects in a Democracy: Privilege, Education, and John Henry Newman's The Idea of a University.- Chapter 14. Pragmatic Pluralism and the American University's Loss of Soul.