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Christianity and the Secular Border Patrol: The Loss of Judeo-Christian Knowledge centrally looks at how secular universities have dominated academic knowledge on the one hand and have also been a part of bias against Christian academics on the other. Authors generally ask for borders of understanding and collegial dialogue to bridge gaps of knowledge that exist because of this bias. Theoretical analysis and narratives from the field describe how overcoming extreme theoretical positions may allow for productive knowledge construction and a more harmonious relationship within the culture wars of our times, especially in higher education.
List of contents
List of Illustrations - Contributors - Barry Kanpol: Introduction - Mary Poplin: Blinded by Secular Interpretations of Religious Knowledge - David R. Hodge: Secular Privilege: Deconstructing the Invisible Injustice - Charles L. Glenn: Secularism: A Militant Faith in a Post-Secular Age - David R. Hodge: Spiritual Microaggressions: Examining the Covert Messages Directed towards People of Faith - George Yancey: Business Academics and Acceptance of Conservative Christians - Eric L. Johnson - Understanding Scholarly Antipathy towards Christian Scholarly Perspectives Using Christian Critical Psychology: An Ironic Tale and Analysis - Robert Osburn: Religious, Frustrated, and a Long Way from Home: Religiously-Active International Students and Academicians' Responses to Religion - Joe D. Nichols: An Argument for Service Learning as a Spiritual Avenue for Christian and Secular Border Crossings in Higher Education - Nathan F. Alleman/Perry L. Glanze: Creating Confessional Colleges and Universities That Confess - Geraldine E. Forsberg: Jacques Ellul: A Model of Border-Crossing.
About the author
Barry Kanpol received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. He is Dean of the College of Education at Grand Valley State University. He is known for his extensive work in critical pedagogy and now works to link critical theory to non-secular views in higher education.
Mary Poplin received her Ph.D. from The University of Texas and is currently Professor of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University. Her work includes theoretical understandings of a range of academic world views as well as extensive work with highly effective teachers in low income schools. She has been a dean of education and a director of teacher education.
Summary
Christianity and the Secular Border Patrol centrally looks at how secular universities have dominated academic knowledge on the one hand and have also been a part of bias against Christian academics on the other.
Report
«I am personally looking forward to using Christianity and the Secular Border Patrol in a rhetoric class. Along with the current work of theorists like Je rey Ringer and Elizabeth Vander Lei, this is work that helps academics to understand and argue for an intellectual landscape that is comprehensive, inclusive, and relevant.»
(Ryan K Strader, International Journal of Christianity & Education 22(2)/2018)
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