The Future Of Baptist Higher Education Project Muse Upcc Books

The Future of Baptist Higher Education investigates four key issues that inform Baptist efforts at higher education -- the denominational conflict that has afflicted Baptists since the 1980s, the secularization of higher education in America, the dominance of the market-driven tendencies in American higher education today, and the meaning of Christian higher education, but more specifically, the meaning of Baptist higher education. This volume clearly illustrates that the meaning of Baptist and Christian higher education, as with the Christian life itself, is far more complex than any one imperial interpretation. Cover......Page 1 Table of Contents......Page 9 Preface......Page 11 Introduction......Page 13 1: Baptist Identity and Christian Higher Education......Page 15 Part One: Four Models for Baptist Higher Education......Page 35 2: Integrating Faith and Learning in an Ecumenical Context......Page 37 3: Building on a Shared Identity within a Shared History'......Page 65 4: Fostering Dissent in the Postmodern Academy......Page 77 5: Blending Baptist with Orthodox in the Christian University......Page 95 Part Two: Faculty and Students and Baptist Higher Education......Page 111 6: Who Will Our Students Be in a Postmodern, Postdenominational, and Materialistic Age?......Page 113 7: Religious Identity, Academic Reputation, and Atrracting the Best Faculty and Students......Page 125 Part Three: Baptist Higher Education and Its Constituencies......Page 139 8: Is Higher Education a Justifiable Mission of Baptist Churches and Baptist Bodies?......Page 141 9: Can Baptist Institutions of Higher Education Meet the Needs of Increasingly Diverse Constituencies?......Page 157 10: Can Baptist Institutions of Higher Education Meet the Needs of Youth in a Post-9/11 World?......Page 171 11: To Whom Are Baptist Colleges and Universities Accountable?......Page 183 12: The University, the Church, and the Culture......Page 199 Part 4: Conclusion......Page 213 13: The Future of Baptist Higher Education: Secular or Religious?......Page 215 14: Can the Secular Be Sanctified?......Page 231 Notes......Page 245 Contributors......Page 275 Baptist Identity And Christian Higher Education / Donald D. Schmeltekopf And Dianna M. Vitanza -- Integrating Faith And Learning In An Ecumenical Context / David P. Gushee -- Building On A Shared Identity Within A Shared History / William E. Hull -- Fostering Dissent In The Postmodern Academy / Bill J. Leonard -- Blending Baptist With Orthodox In The Christian University / David S. Dockery -- Who Will Our Students Be In A Postmodern, Postdenominational, And Materialistic Age? / Richard Franklin -- Religious Identity, Academic Reputation, And Attracting The Best Faculty And Students / Larry Lyon -- Is Higher Education A Justifiable Mission Of Baptist Churches And Baptist Bodies? / James C. Denison -- Can Baptist Institutions Of Higher Education Meet The Needs Of Increasingly Diverse Constituencies? / Albert Reyes -- Can Baptist Institutions Of Higher Education Meet The Needs Of Youth In A Post-9/11 World? / Denton Lotz -- To Whom Are Baptist Colleges And Universities Accountable? Response 1 / Daniel Vestal ; Response 2 / R. Kirby Godsey -- The University, The Church, And The Culture / Thomas E. Corts -- The Future Of Baptist Higher Education: Secular Or Religious? / Martin E. Marty -- Can The Secular Be Sanctified? / Curtis W. Freeman. Donald D. Schmeltekopf And Dianna M. Vitanza, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.