A Higher Education : Baylor and the Vocation of a Christian University /

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A Higher Education collects the work of renowned scholars on the importance and mission of Christian higher education. Placing Baylor University at the center of these discussions, this compendium celebrates the inauguration of Judge Kenneth W. Starr over the first year of his presidency at Baylor U...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Davis, Elizabeth, 1962- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Baylor University.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives.
Church and college.
Christian universities and colleges.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Église et universite > États-Unis.
Universites confessionnelles > États-Unis.
Enseignement superieur > Finalites > États-Unis.
Church and college > United States.
Christian universities and colleges > United States.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Christian higher education vs. Christians in higher education / Kenneth G. Elzinga
  • The myth of the sovereign self / Jean Bethke Elshtain
  • Scholarship in action and the public mission of universities / Nancy Cantor
  • Ethics in the twenty-first century / Baruch A. Brody
  • The challenges and opportunities for liberal education in a faith-based university / Lee S. Shulman
  • The Bible, Baptists, and the challenge of Christian higher education / Mark Noll.

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