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Christian Faith and University Life

Stewards of the Academy

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Editors:
  1. T. Laine Scales

    1. Baylor University, Waco, USA

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  2. Jennifer L. Howell

    1. Baylor University, Waco, USA

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  • 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

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction—Stewardship Reconsidered: Academic Work and the Faithful Christian

    • T. Laine Scales, Jennifer L. Howell
    Pages 1-15

  3. Vocation and a Scholarly Life of Stewardship

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Toward a Vision of Vocation

      • Darin H. Davis
      Pages 19-30

    3. Vocation Is Something that Happens to You: Freedom, Education, and the American Literary Tradition

      • Rachel B. Griffis
      Pages 31-49

    4. Putting Down Roots: Why Universities Need Gardens

      • Jeffrey Bilbro, Jack R. Baker
      Pages 51-72

    5. Liberal Learning and Christian Practical Wisdom

      • Mark Schwehn
      Pages 73-89

  4. Faithful Teachers and Pedagogical Practices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. Ever Ancient, Ever New: Reading to Become Wise

      • Matthew A. Rothaus Moser
      Pages 93-115

    3. Pedagogical Practices: Lessons from Augustine of Hippo

      • Jennifer L. Howell, T. Laine Scales
      Pages 117-130

    4. “Expound This Love:” Forming the Next Generation of Christian Teacher-Scholars Through the Lilly Graduate Fellows Program

      • Jane Kelley Rodeheffer
      Pages 131-148

    5. Intellectual Humility & Higher Education

      • David T. Echelbarger
      Pages 149-163

    6. How Christian Faith Can Animate Teaching: A Taxonomy of Diverse Approaches

      • Perry L. Glanzer, Nathan Alleman, David Guthrie
      Pages 165-192

  5. Church and Academy: Stewarding our Faith and our Universities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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    2. The Mind Is Its Own Place: Gnosticism and Why Scholars Need the Church

      • Rev. Kyle Childress
      Pages 195-204

    3. Imagining Structural Stewardship: Lessons in Resistance and Cultural Change from the Highlander Folk School

      • Emily Hunt, João B. Chaves
      Pages 205-220

    4. William James’s Pragmatic Pluralism and the American University’s Loss of Soul

      • Karl Aho
      Pages 221-238

    5. The Ecclesial Turn: Putting Stanley Hauerwas’s Vision for Christian Higher Education into Practice

      • David C. Cramer
      Pages 239-252

    6. Rising from the Rubble: The Vital Significance of Christian Research Universities in the Twenty-First Century

      • L. Gregory Jones
      Pages 253-268

    7. Afterword: Vocation, Stewardship, and Teaching: A Hopeful Response

      • David I. Smith
      Pages 269-280
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About this book

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 voices—graduate students, pastors, and seasoned scholars—the book examines the Christian university’s relationship to the Church and how faith and stewardship
can guide the pursuit of teaching and scholarship. 





Reviews

“The essays in this collection will prove relevant to all faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates seeking to be Christians of incarnational faith in the academy. … Scales and Howell have collected excellent essays that reflect the common desire to integrate faith and learning. … The conversation that Scales and Howell facilitate does not reinforce a weak conjoining of faith and learning, but calls for a stewardship wholly animated and brought to life by faith.” (Paige Ray, International Journal of Christianity & Education, Vol. 22 (2), 2018)  “What difference would it make if Christian universities envisioned their vocation as one of stewardship rather than of status and prestige? In this compelling work, the authors argue that Christian universities will enjoy a sense of purpose when they become communities in which everyone uses their gifts to express praise to God and to help transform the world in the justice, peace, and goodness of God. It is precisely this insight that makes this book both important and eminently hopeful.” (Paul J. Wadell, Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, St. Norbert College, USA)

“This volume exhibits the rare combination of classical theories and texts examined in the context of current educational research and topics. The contributors are leading scholars devoted to sustaining and strengthening the liberal arts in undergraduate and post-graduate Christian higher education. Scales and Howell have given the scholarly community—both Christian and secular—a beautiful and useful gift.” (Roger Ward, Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown College, USA) 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Baylor University, Waco, USA

    T. Laine Scales, Jennifer L. Howell

About the editors

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. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Christian Faith and University Life

  • Book Subtitle: Stewards of the Academy

  • Editors: T. Laine Scales, Jennifer L. Howell

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61744-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-61743-5Published: 06 October 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87151-6Published: 24 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-61744-2Published: 25 September 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 285

  • Topics: Religion and Education, Higher Education, Curriculum Studies, Christianity

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