Introduction | p. ix |
Acknowledgment | p. xiv |
Christianity, Culture, and Education: A Baptist Perspective | p. 1 |
Society as a Function of Education | p. 26 |
"Becoming Important in the Eye of Civil Powers": New Light Baptists, Cultural Respectability, and the Founding of the College of Rhode Island | p. 50 |
A New Academic Freedom and the Changing Face of Baptist Higher Education | p. 68 |
Interpreting the Old Testament in Baptist | p. 87 |
Confessing Interpretation: Alternative Nomenclature for the Practice of Theological Interpretation | p. 108 |
The Predicament and Promise for Young Baptist Scholars | p. 129 |
Baptist Higher Education and the Kingdom of God | p. 148 |
The Politics of Higher Education: How the Love of Hospitality Offers an Alternative | p. 166 |
Can Baptist Theology Sustain the Life of the Mind? The Quest for a Vital Baptist Academy | p. 197 |
Conclusion | p. 228 |
Index | p. 247 |
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The Scholarly Vocation and the Baptist Academy: Essays on the Future of Baptist Higher Education
by Ward, Roger; Gushee, David P.-
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