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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255342903321

Autore

Ringenberg William C

Titolo

The Christian College and the Meaning of Academic Freedom : Truth-Seeking in Community / / by William C. Ringenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

9781137398338

1137398337

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXII, 319 p.)

Disciplina

378.1/213

Soggetti

Christianity

Ethics

Religion and sociology

Education, Higher

Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics

Sociology of Religion

Higher Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.