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The Christian college and the meaning of academic freedom : truth-seeking in community /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ringenberg, William C., 1939- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Subjects:
Academic freedom.
Christian universities and colleges.
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / George Marsden
  • Section I. Christian values as context for the idea of academic freedom
  • Freedom
  • Seeking
  • Honesty
  • Humility
  • Courage
  • Prudence
  • Love
  • Meaning
  • Harmony and Balance
  • Community
  • Section II. The development of academic freedom in America : a Christian college interpretation
  • The English model : Anglican dominance
  • The German model : secular dominance
  • The Early American model : Protestant dominance
  • The later American model : secular hegemony
  • The modern Christian college model
  • Institutional academic freedom
  • Student academic freedom
  • Economic limits as academic limits : the problem of accessibility
  • Evangelicals and Catholics : narrowing the gap
  • Section III. Testing the limits : recent case studies in Christian higher education
  • The origins debate (I)
  • The origins debate (II)
  • Sexual and gender identity (I)
  • Sexual and gender identity (II)
  • College and church : complement and conflict
  • Theological nuance
  • Gender, race, and ethnicity
  • Secular university restrictions and their broader implications
  • Government restrictions and accreditation uncertainties
  • Due process
  • Epilogue.