Christian higher education in Canada : challenges and opportunities / edited by Stanley E. Porter and Bruce G. Fawcett.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Porter, Stanley E., 1956- editor.

Fawcett, Bruce G., editor.

Conference Name:

Symposium on Christian Higher Education (2018 : Toronto, Canada)

Series:

General series (McMaster Divinity College. Press) ; volume 12

McMaster general studies series ; volume 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian universities and colleges--Canada.

Christian universities and colleges.

Education, Higher--Canada.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 338 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Challenges and opportunities

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications ; Hamilton, ON : McMaster Divinity College Press, [2020]

Summary:

"The Toronto 2018 Symposium on Christian Higher Education provided an opportunity for leaders in the Canadian Christian higher education movement to reflect deeply on its development, current reality, and future possibilities. The Canadian Christian higher education scene comprises a wide range of institutions, including Christian universities, Bible colleges, and seminaries and graduate schools. Each type has its own distinctive history and likewise represents both challenges and opportunities. Even though they are intertwined in their common purpose, these higher educational institutions express this purpose in various ways. This volume is a collection of the papers and plenary talks designed to share the content of the symposium with a wider audience. The papers are all written by active scholars and researchers who are connected to the member institutions of Christian Higher Education Canada (CHEC). They not only illustrate the quality of the scholarship at these institutions, but they make their own critical contribution to an ongoing discussion regarding the role and place of Christian higher education within the wider society. This volume is intended to be helpful to students, faculty, staff, board members, and supporters of Canadian and other Christian higher education institutions, as well as interested individuals and scholars."--Publisher.

Contents:

Christian higher education in Canada : challenges and opportunities : an introduction / Stanley E. Porter, Bruce G. Fawcett

Part 1. The historical and contemporary context for Canadian higher education

The protagonist of justice against the forces of the Antichrist : Christian Democracy and the Second World War in The Silhouette and The Recorder / Adam D. Rudy

The changing religious profile of "committed" Baptist youth in Atlantic Canada 2002-2017 : implications for Christian higher education in Canada / Bruce G. Fawcett, Tracy Freeze, Leslie J. Francis, Rene Embrée

Navigating secularization : implications of the history of secularization for Christian higher education in Canada / Kevin N. Flatt

Competitions for character education : what emerging adulthood means for Christian higher education in Canada / Rick Hiemstra.

Part 2. Canadian Bible Colleges, Christian universities, and seminaries today

Can Bible colleges thrive? : a case study of Columbia Bible College / Douglas H. Berg

The renaissance of Christian university education in Canada / John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

The past, present, and future of seminary education in Canada / Stanley E. Porter.

Part 3. Looking ahead : issues and opportunities

Welcoming the guest : approach, design, procedure for hospitable learning communities / Elfrieda Lepp-Kaethler, Catherine Rust-Akinbolaji

George Parkin Grant's advice to twenty-first-century Canadian Christian higher education / Ted Newell

How a common core curriculum serves the identity and mission of a Christian liberal arts university / Nicki Rehn, Linda Schwartz

The "charge" we have to "keep" : enhancing Gospel-integrity in Christian higher education / Victor Shepherd

Working in tandem : toward an ecology of denomination and seminary / Phil C. Zylla.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-7252-8281-X

OCLC:

1475916058