Conceiving the Christian college /

Litfin, A. Duane,

Conceiving the Christian college / [print] Duane Litfin. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Company, (c)2004. - vi, 283 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographies and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Two academic models : to understand more clearly our own identity -- 3. The centerpiece : to see more fully whom we serve -- 4. A centered education : to keep the center at the center -- 5. It's all God's truth : to strengthen the foundations of Christian thought -- 6. A balanced epistemology : to preserve the idea of truth -- 7. Integrative thinking : prolegomera : to understand the integrative mandate -- 8. Doing integration : to sustain our commitment to the integrative task -- 9. Faith and learning : to reinforce our commitment to revealed truth -- 10. The voluntary principle : to reconcile institutional commitments with individual freedoms -- 11. Institutional breadth : to appreciate our institutional uniqueness -- 12. Our place in the academy : to engender a more congenial academic environment.



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Church and college.
Church and college--United States.
Education--Aims and objectives.

LC383.L776.C663 2004 LC383