Pietism has long been ignored in evangelical scholarship. This is especially the case in the field of Christian higher education, which is dominated by thinkers in the Reformed tradition and complicated by the association of Pietism with anti-intellectualism. The irony is that Pietism from the beginning ‘was intimately bound up with education, ‘ according to Diarmaid Mac Culloch. But until now there has not been a single work dedicated to exploring a distinctively Pietist vision for higher education.In this groundbreaking volume edited by Christopher Gehrz, scholars associated with the Pietist tradition reflect on the Pietist approach to education. Key themes include holistic formation, humility and openmindedness, the love of neighbor, concern for the common good and spiritual maturity. Pietism sees the Christian college as a place that forms whole and holy persons. In a pluralistic and polarized society, such a vision is needed now more than ever.
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Preface
Janel M. Curry
Acknowledgments
Christopher Gehrz
Introduction: Does Pietism Provide a ‘Usable Past’ for Christian Colleges and Universities?
Christopher Gehrz
Part I: Teaching, Scholarship and Community in the Pietist University
1. Pietism and Faith-Learning Integration in the Evangelical University
David C. Williams
2. Calling for Pietistic Community: Pia Desideria in the Classroom
Katherine J. Nevins
3. Love and Learning: A Model for Pietist Scholarship in the Disciplines
Jenell Paris
4. The Quest for an Evangelical University: The Educational Visions of Carl F. H. Henry and Carl H. Lundquist
Phyllis E. Alsdurf
5. Reconceiving the Christ-Centered College: Convertive Piety and Life Together
Roger E. Olson
Part II: Changed People Changing the World: Pietists and Their Neighbors? Good
6. The Common Priesthood Seeking the Common Good
Dale G. Durie
7. Pietism and the Practice of Civil Discourse
Christian T. Collins Winn
8. Love My (Religious) Neighbor: A Pietist Approach to Christian Responsibility in a Pluralistic World
Marion H. Larson and Sara L. H. Shady
Part III: Responses: Views from the Natural and Health Sciences
9. Pietistic Values in Science and Science Education
Richard W. Peterson
10. A Pietist Approach to Nursing Education in a Christian University
Nancy L. Olen
Part IV: Problems and Proposals: Putting the Pietist Vision into Practice
11. Intellectual Virtue and the Adventurous Christ Follower
Raymond J. Van Arragon
12. The Pietist Ethos and Organizational Coherency
Joel S. Ward
13. Curating the Usable Past for a Vital Future: An Anabaptist Vision for Pietism
Kent T. K. Gerber
14. Neoliberal Challenges to the Pietist Vision of Christian Higher Education
Samuel Zalanga
Conclusion
‘Their Mission Is Innovation’: The Pietist University in the Twenty-First Century
Christopher Gehrz
List of Contributors
Name Index
Subject Index
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Christopher Gehrz (Ph D, Yale) is professor of history at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he also helps coordinate the Christianity and Western Culture program. He is the editor of The Pietist Vision of Christian Higher Education and coeditor of The Pietist Impulse in Christianity.
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