by Robert Herron | Sep 20, 2023 | Academics, Fall, Spiritual Life
New faculty at Christian colleges in every discipline—behavioral and social sciences, the hard sciences, business, politics, literature, communication, and the arts—have almost never had to integrate their faith while pursuing their degree programs at secular...
by Joshua Waltman | Sep 19, 2023 | 2023, Fall, Library, Spiritual Life, Student Services
After serving as a librarian at a Christian university for nearly five years, I have recently accepted an appointment to teach theology and apologetics in the school of divinity at that same institution. Reflecting on my time as an academic librarian, I cannot...
by Michael R. Young | Jan 28, 2023 | 2023, Academics, Spiritual Life, Winter
Shar As Christian educators, our goal or telos is nothing less than the grandiose aim to help our students be formed into the likeness of Christ. This brief paper seeks to provide a direction and a few suggestions as to how moral education and the formation of...
by Matthew J. Hallam | Jan 27, 2023 | 2023, Spiritual Life, Student Services, Winter
An important outcome of Christian higher education is developing students for servanthood. Many Christian colleges have a service-learning component as part of the student experience. Each semester thousands of Christian college students head out into their...
by William Bjoraker | Oct 10, 2022 | 2022, Fall, Public Policy, Spiritual Life
Your Christian college administration is likely being pressured by students, activists, and the media to celebrate, normalize, and sanction various social “ideals” of manhood. Since Christian teachers have been entrusted with helping to spiritually form the male and...
by Edie Glaser | Oct 10, 2022 | 2022, Fall, Spiritual Life
Texas Christian University teaches yoga, and Loyola Marymount University offers certificates in yoga studies. A 2015 survey found that 940 schools across the nation were teaching yoga.[1] A 2016 survey found the number of yoga practitioners grew 50% in just...
