Liberal Arts for the Christian Life
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Liberal Arts for the Christian Life   -     Edited By: Jeffrey C. Davis, Philip G. Ryken

Liberal Arts for the Christian Life

Crossway / 2012 / Paperback

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A team of Christians devoted to the liberal arts presents 25 essays articulating their importance and nature in Liberal Arts for the Christian Life.

For over forty years, Leland Ryken has championed and modeled a Christian liberal arts education. His scholarship and commitment to integrating faith with learning in the classroom have influenced thousands of students who have sat under his winsome teaching. Published in honor of Professor Ryken and presented on the occasion of his retirement from Wheaton College, this compilation carries on his legacy of applying a Christian liberal arts education to all areas of life.

Through five sections contributors explore the background of a Christian liberal arts education, its theological basis, habits and virtues, differing approaches, and ultimate aims. They examine its impact on society and the church, and argue that the liberal arts are indispensable to a just and peaceful society. They also analyze liberal arts as they relate to the disciplines, the Christian faith, and the world. Also included are a transcript of a well-known 1984 chapel talk delivered by Leland Ryken on the student's calling and practical chapters on how to read, write, and speak well.

Comprehensive in scope, this substantial volume will be a helpful guide to anyone involved in higher education, as well as to students, pastors, and leaders looking for resources on the importance of faith in learning.

Contributors include:
  • Philip Ryken
  • Jeffry Davis
  • Duane Litfin
  • John Walford
  • Alan Jacobs
  • Jim Wilhoit
  • Leland Ryken
  • Roger Lundin
  • Marjorie Lamp Mead
  • Jay Wood
  • Henry Allen
  • John H. Augustine
  • Jill Pelaez Baumgaertner
  • Edith Blumhofer
  • Dorothy F. Chappell
  • Kenneth R. Chase
  • Sharon Coolidge
  • Jeffrey P. Greenman
  • Stephen B. Ivester
  • and more...

Product Information

Title: Liberal Arts for the Christian Life
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 288
Vendor: Crossway
Publication Date: 2012
Dimensions: 9.00 X 6.00 (inches)
Weight: 14 ounces
ISBN: 1433523949
ISBN-13: 9781433523946
Stock No: WW523940

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Comprehensive in scope, this substantial volume was compiled in honor of Leland Ryken and champions the importance of an approach to faith and learning grounded in the Christian liberal arts.

Author Bio

JEFFRY C. DAVIS (PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago) is associate professor of English at Wheaton College. He is also the director of Wheaton’s Writing Center and Interdisciplinary Studies program.

Philip Graham Ryken (DPhil, University of Oxford) is the eighth president of Wheaton College. He preached at Philadelphia’s Tenth Presbyterian Church from 1995 until his appointment at Wheaton in 2010. Ryken has published more than 50 books, including When Trouble Comes and expository commentaries on Exodus, Ecclesiastes, and Jeremiah. He serves as a board member for the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities, the Lausanne Movement, and the National Association of Evangelicals.

Leland Ryken (PhD, University of Oregon) served as professor of English at Wheaton College for nearly fifty years. He has authored or edited over fifty books, including The Word of God in English and A Complete Handbook of Literary Forms in the Bible. He is a frequent speaker at the Evangelical Theological Society’s annual meetings and served as literary stylist for the English Standard Version Bible.

 

Duane Litfin (DPhil, University of Oxford; PhD, Purdue University) is president emeritus of Wheaton College where he served for seventeen years. He is the author of numerous articles and books.

Jeffrey P. Greenman (PhD, University of Virginia) is president and professor of theology and ethics at Regent College. He is the author of several books, including The Pedagogy of Praise

Wayne Martindale (PhD, University of California) is professor of English at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, where he regularly teaches classes on C. S. Lewis.

Read Mercer Schuchardt (PhD, New York University) is associate professor of communication at Wheaton College. He earned his doctorate under the invitation of the late Neil Postman at NYU’s Media Ecology program. He is also a member of the Media Ecology Association and the International Jacques Ellul Society. Schuchardt is a contributor to several books on communication and media theory, is the editor of You Do Not Talk About Fight Club, and the co-founder and editorial chair of the online journal Second Nature. He and his wife, Rachel, have ten children.

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