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March 29, 2017
The Pietist Vision of Christian Higher Education:Forming Whole and Holy Persons
- Author
- Gehrz, Christopher, ed.
- Publisher
- InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, IL
- ISBN
- 9780830840717
- Table of Contents
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Preface (Janel M. Curry)
Acknowledgments (Christopher Gehrz)
Introduction: Does Pietism Provide a "Usable Past" for Christian Colleges and Universities? (Christopher Gehrz)
Part I: Teaching, Scholarship and Community in the Pietist University
ch. 1 Pietism and Faith-Learning Integration in the Evangelical University (David C. Williams)
ch. 2 Calling for Pietistic Community: Pia Desideria in the Classroom (Katherine J. Nevins)
ch. 3 Love and Learning: A Model for Pietist Scholarship in the Disciplines (Jenell Paris)
ch. 4 The Quest for an Evangelical University: The Educational Visions of Carl F. H. Henry and Carl H. Lundquist (Phyllis E. Alsdurf)
ch. 5 Reconceiving the Christ-Centered College: Convertive Piety and Life Together (Roger E. Olson)
Part II: Changed People Changing the World: Pietists and Their Neighbors’ Good
ch. 6 The Common Priesthood Seeking the Common Good (Dale G. Durie)
ch. 7 Pietism and the Practice of Civil Discourse (Christian T. Collins Winn)
ch. 8 Love My (Religious) Neighbor: A Pietist Approach to Christian Responsibility in a Pluralistic World (Marion H. Larson and Sara L. H. Shady)
Part III: Responses: Views from the Natural and Health Sciences
ch. 9 Pietistic Values in Science and Science Education (Richard W. Peterson)
ch. 10 A Pietist Approach to Nursing Education in a Christian University (Nancy L. Olen)
Part IV: Problems and Proposals: Putting the Pietist Vision into Practice
ch. 11 Intellectual Virtue and the Adventurous Christ Follower (Raymond J. VanArragon)
ch. 12 The Pietist Ethos and Organizational Coherency (Joel S. Ward)
ch. 13 Curating the Usable Past for a Vital Future: An Anabaptist Vision for Pietism (Kent T. K. Gerber)
ch. 14 Neoliberal Challenges to the Pietist Vision of Christian Higher Education (Samuel Zalanga)
Conclusion
"Their Mission Is Innovation": The Pietist University in the Twenty-First Century(Christopher Gehrz)
List of Contributors
Name Index
Subject Index
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Abstract: Pietism has long been ignored in evangelical scholarship. This is especially the case in the field of Christian higher education, which is dominated by thinkers in the Reformed tradition and complicated by the association of Pietism with anti-intellectualism. The irony is that Pietism from the beginning "was intimately bound up with education," according to Diarmaid MacCulloch. But until now there has not been a single work dedicated to exploring a distinctively Pietist vision for higher education.
In this groundbreaking volume edited by Christopher Gehrz, scholars associated with the Pietist tradition reflect on the Pietist approach to education. Key themes include holistic formation, humility and openmindedness, the love of neighbor, concern for the common good and spiritual maturity. Pietism sees the Christian college as a place that forms whole and holy persons. In a pluralistic and polarized society, such a vision is needed now more than ever. (From the Publisher)
Abstract: Pietism has long been ignored in evangelical scholarship. This is especially the case in the field of Christian higher education, which is dominated by thinkers in the Reformed tradition and complicated by the association of Pietism with anti-intellectualism. The irony is that Pietism from the beginning "was intimately bound up with education," according to Diarmaid MacCulloch. But until now there has not been a single work dedicated to exploring a distinctively Pietist vision for higher education.
In this groundbreaking volume edited by Christopher Gehrz, scholars associated with the Pietist tradition reflect on the Pietist approach to education. Key themes include holistic formation, humility and openmindedness, the love of neighbor, concern for the common good and spiritual maturity. Pietism sees the Christian college as a place that forms whole and holy persons. In a pluralistic and polarized society, such a vision is needed now more than ever. (From the Publisher)