The Christian Academic in Higher Education: The Consecration of Learning

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This book offers a Christian engagement with the realities of academic life and work. Examining this topic from intellectual, institutional and spiritual perspectives, the author explores how the two identities – as a Christian and an academic – can both coexist and complement one another. The author provides a ‘road map’ for academics demonstrating the interaction between religious faith and the responsibilities, challenges and opportunities of university scholarship and teaching. Addressing questions such as the contentious nature of religious faith in the university environment, the expression of faith within the role of professor, and the consequences of consecrating oneself to learning, this pioneering and practical volume will be relevant to Christian scholars in any academic discipline. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi Introduction (John Sullivan)....Pages 1-14 Front Matter ....Pages 15-15 Purposes and Presuppositions (John Sullivan)....Pages 17-50 Christian Scholars (John Sullivan)....Pages 51-79 Front Matter ....Pages 81-81 Academic Judgements (John Sullivan)....Pages 83-109 Context, Conditions and Community (John Sullivan)....Pages 111-141 Worship and Learning (John Sullivan)....Pages 143-166 Christian Universities (John Sullivan)....Pages 167-194 Front Matter ....Pages 195-195 Wisdom, Vocation and the University (John Sullivan)....Pages 197-220 Polarities in Christian Pedagogy (John Sullivan)....Pages 221-248 Reading, Teaching and Engagement (John Sullivan)....Pages 249-279 Vulnerability and Self-giving in Christian Teaching and Learning (John Sullivan)....Pages 281-302 The Consecration of Learning (John Sullivan)....Pages 303-324 Back Matter ....Pages 325-335