The outrageous idea of Christian teaching / Perry Glanzer and Nathan Alleman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glanzer, Perry L. (Perry Lynn), author.

Alleman, Nathan F., 1975- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian college teachers.

College teachers--Religious life.

College teachers.

Teaching, Freedom of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Summary:

Thousands of professors claim Christian as their primary identity, and teaching as their primary vocational responsibility. But how does being a Christian change one's teaching? Indeed, should it? 'The Outrageous Idea of the Christian Teacher' explores the responses of more than 2,300 Christian professors from 48 different institutions across North America to find out.

Contents:

Introduction: the challenge of identity-influenced teaching

The fear of teachers' religious identity: the historical origins

How Christianity animates a teacher's background beliefs

How Christian teachers transform course aims and curricula

Thinking and acting Christianly in the classroom

Is there really Baptist, Catholic, or Quaker teaching? The unique contributions of particular theological traditions

Christian teaching in the pluralistic university

Identity-informed teaching in the pluralistic university: important virtues and practices

In praise of diverse teaching contexts

When Christian teaching is really outrageous.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 10, 2019).

Also issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-005650-9

0-19-005651-7

0-19-005649-5