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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974034003321

Titolo

A higher education : Baylor and the vocation of a Christian university / / edited by Elizabeth Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waco, Tex., : Baylor University Press, c2012

ISBN

9781283742269

1283742268

9781602587984

1602587981

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (126 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DavisElizabeth <1962->

Disciplina

378/.071

Soggetti

Church and college - United States

Christian universities and colleges - United States

Education, Higher - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

The global mission and importance of Christian higher education