Academic Freedom and Christian Scholarship - Softcover

Diekema, Anthony J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802847560 ISBN 13: 9780802847560

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source, 2000

Synopsis

The dawning of the third millennium finds many Christian colleges and universities in a search for identity. Coming to grips with the confused, often maligned topic of academic freedom is an essential part of this search. In this volume an unabashed defender of academic freedom offers well-founded advice to an academy that has seemingly lost its way. Drawing on forty years in higher education, including twenty years as president of Calvin College, Anthony Diekema reflects on the extensive scholarly literature on academic freedom against the backdrop of personal experience. He develops the larger philosophical framework necessary for thinking about academic freedom but also offers pointed advice gleaned from specific events and challenges to academic freedom that he has personally confronted. This balanced approach provides a seasoned perspective for those struggling with the subject of academic freedom in their own institutions. In the course of the book Diekema develops a sound working definition of the concept of academic freedom, assesses the threats it faces, acknowledges the significance of worldview in its implementation, and explores the policy implications for its protection and promotion in Christian colleges.

About this title

About the Author:

Diekema was president of Calvin College from 1976 to 1996. He now works as a consultant in higher education and for nonprofit organizations.

EDWARD E. ERICSON III is Chairman of the Department of History at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0802847560
• ISBN 13: 9780802847560
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232