The Christian college and the meaning of academic freedom : truth-seeking in community / William C. Ringenberg.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Foreword / George Marsden -- Section I. Christian values as context for the idea of academic freedom -- Freedom -- Seeking -- Honesty -- Humility -- Courage -- Prudence -- Love -- Meaning -- Harmony and Balance -- Community -- Section II. The development of academic freedom in America : a Christian college interpretation -- The English model : Anglican dominance -- The German model : secular dominance -- The Early American model : Protestant dominance -- The later American model : secular hegemony -- The modern Christian college model -- Institutional academic freedom -- Student academic freedom -- Economic limits as academic limits : the problem of accessibility -- Evangelicals and Catholics : narrowing the gap -- Section III. Testing the limits : recent case studies in Christian higher education -- The origins debate (I) -- The origins debate (II) -- Sexual and gender identity (I) -- Sexual and gender identity (II) -- College and church : complement and conflict -- Theological nuance -- Gender, race, and ethnicity -- Secular university restrictions and their broader implications -- Government restrictions and accreditation uncertainties -- Due process -- Epilogue.

The Christian College and the Meaning of Academic Freedom is a study of the past record and current practice of the Protestant colleges in America in the quest to achieve intellectual honesty within academic community. William C. Ringenberg lays out the history of academic freedom in higher education in America, including its European antecedents, from the perspective of modern Christian higher education. He discusses the Christian values that provide context for the idea of academic freedom and how they have been applied to the nation's Christian colleges and universities. The book also dissects a series of recent case studies on the major controversial intellectual issues within and in, in some cases, about the Christian college community. Ringenberg ably analyzes the ways in which these academic institutions have evolved over time, outlining their efforts to evolve and remain relevant while maintaining their core values and historic identities.

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