The Scholarly Vocation and the Baptist Academy: Essays on the Future of Baptist Higher Education

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Pub. Date: 2008-05-01
Publisher(s): Mercer Univ Pr
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Table of Contents

Introductionp. ix
Acknowledgmentp. xiv
Christianity, Culture, and Education: A Baptist Perspectivep. 1
Society as a Function of Educationp. 26
"Becoming Important in the Eye of Civil Powers": New Light Baptists, Cultural Respectability, and the Founding of the College of Rhode Islandp. 50
A New Academic Freedom and the Changing Face of Baptist Higher Educationp. 68
Interpreting the Old Testament in Baptistp. 87
Confessing Interpretation: Alternative Nomenclature for the Practice of Theological Interpretationp. 108
The Predicament and Promise for Young Baptist Scholarsp. 129
Baptist Higher Education and the Kingdom of Godp. 148
The Politics of Higher Education: How the Love of Hospitality Offers an Alternativep. 166
Can Baptist Theology Sustain the Life of the Mind? The Quest for a Vital Baptist Academyp. 197
Conclusionp. 228
Indexp. 247
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