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BCE313 Introduction to Christian Education / Ministry: Christian Education Bibliography

Christian Higher Education Bibliography

Bibliography Christian Higher Education

 Bartholomew, Craig, ed. In the Fields of the Lord:  A Calvin Seerveld Reader. Toronto: Tuppence Press, 2000.

 Carpenter, Joel A., and Kenneth W. Shipps, eds. Making Higher Education Christian: The History and Mission of Evangelical Colleges in America. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1987.    

“Discipleship and the Disciplines: Enhancing Faith and Learning Integration,” Council of Christian Colleges and Universities Tape Series, Dockery, David S. and Gushee, David P., eds., The Future of Christian Higher Education. Nashville: Broadman and Holman Publishers, 1999.

 Ferré, Nels F. S. “The Place of Chapel in a Christian College.” Journal of Higher Education 38 (April, 1967), pp. 177-183.

Fisher, Ben C., ed. New Pathways: A Dialogue in Christian Higher Education. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 1980.

 Garber, Steven. The Fabric of Faithfulness. Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 1996.

Gangel, Kenneth O. and Warren S. Benson. Christian Education: It's History and Philosophy. Chicago: Moody Press, 1983.

Gangel, Kenneth O. and Jim Wilhoit. The Christian Educator's Handbook on Adult Education. Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1993.

Gangel, Kenneth O. and Jim Wilhoit. The Christian Educator's Handbook on Spiritual Formation on Spiritual Formation. Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1994

Gangel, Kenneth O. and Howard G. Hendricks. The Christian Educator's Handbook on Teaching. Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1988.

Gangel, Kenneth O. Leadership for Church Education. Chicago: Moody Press, 1970.

Gangel, Kenneth O. Building Leaders for Church Education. Chicago, Moody Press, 1981.

Gangel, Kenneth O. and Evangelical Teacher Training Association. Understanding Teaching. Wheaton, IL: Evangelical Teacher Training Association, 1976.

Habecker, Eugene B.  “Students, Christian Colleges, and the Law: And the Walls Come Tumbling Down.” Journal of College and University Law (April, 1975), pp. 369-386.

Heie, Harold and Wofe, David L., eds. The Reality of Christian Learning: Strategies for Faith-Learning Integration. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987.

Holmes, Arthur F. Building the Christian Academy. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001.

Holmes, Arthur F. Shaping Character: Moral Education in the Christian College. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991. 

 Holmes, Arthur F. The Idea of a Christian College. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, Rev. ed., 1987. 

Hughes, Richard T. and Adrian, William B. Models for Christian Higher Education. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997.

Lamport, Mark, “Assessing Learner Attitudes Toward Cooperative Learning in Ministry Settings," Christian Education Journal, (Spring 1994), pp. 43-52.

 Lamport, Mark, “At Bay in the Fields of the Lord: A Conversation About the Disposition of Youth Ministry Professors in Christian Liberal Arts Colleges and Seminaries”, American Baptist Quarterly, Responses by Rick Dunn and Len Kageler. Rejoinder by Mark Lamport, (Spring, 2000).

 Lamport, Mark, "Defining a Distinctively Christian Theory of Education", Christian Educator's Journal, (April, 1991), pp. 18-19.

Lamport, Mark, "Do (Christian) Teachers Really Make a Difference?” Journal of Christian Education (Australia), (December, 1989), pp. 60-64.

Lamport, Mark, “Identity, Chosenness & Significance” to College Faith: 150 Christian Leaders and Educators Share Faith Stories from their Student Days, Andrews University Press, 2002.

 Lamport, Mark, "Identity Crisis?  Keeping Christian Higher Education Christian", Diaconate Magazine, (February, 1990), pp. 17-20.

Lamport, Mark and Trunfio, Ed, "Knowledge Without Character: A Flaw in the Professoriate", Faculty Dialogue, (Spring, 1991), pp. 107-122.

Lamport, Mark, "Student-Faculty Informal Interaction and the Effect on College Student Outcomes: A Review of the Literature", Adolescence, (Winter, 1993), pp. 971-990.

Lamport, Mark, "Student-Faculty Informal Interaction and Its Relation to Christian College Settings: Research and Implications", Research on Christian Higher Education, (Fall, 1994), pp. 66-78.

Lamport, Mark, “Student Outcomes: A Review of the Literature," Journal of Adult Training, (Fall,1988), pp. 15-19 (abstract version).

Lamport, Mark, "The 'Hand-Me-Down' Philosophy: A Challenge to Uniqueness in Christian Education," Christian Education Journal, (Winter, 1988), pp. 34-40.

Lamport, Mark, "The Teacher-Technician: A Deadly Sin" (Chapter 4, pp. 67-79) in Christianity in Business: A Collection of Essays on Pedagogy and Practice, Ed. Edward J. Trunfio, Anderson, IN: Christian Business Faculty Association, 1991.

 Lamport, Mark, "Withstanding the Heat of the Day: The Role of the Liberal Arts College at the End of the Twentieth Century", Faculty Dialogue, (Fall, 1989), pp.  49- 58. 

Malik, Charles. A Christian Critique of the University. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1982.

Marsden, George M. The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship. NY: Oxford University Press, 1997.

Marsden, George M. The Soul of the American University. NY: Oxford University Press, 1994.

Neuhaus, Richard John. “The Christian University: Eleven Theses,” First Things, (January, 1996), pp. 20-22.

Noll, Mark A. “Christian Colleges, Christian World-Views, and an Invitation to Research,” in William C. Ringenberg, The Christian College:  A History of Protestant Higher Education in America. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1984,  pp. 1-32

Ramm, Bernard. The Christian College in the Twentieth Century. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1963.

Ringenberg, William C.  The Christian College:  A History of Protestant Higher Education in America. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1984.

Rogers, Rex M., “Academic Freedom in Christian Higher Education,” The Christian  Librarian 33(May, 1990)3, pp. 75-80.

Rogers, Rex M. “Chapel in the Christian College and University.” Faculty Dialogue (Fall-Winter, 1986-87), pp. 13-26.

 Rogers, Rex M. “Encouraging a Ministry Mindset in the Christian Liberal Arts College and University,” Grand Rapids:  Cornerstone University, 1995, 2000.

 Rogers, Rex M. “Proactive Stewardship: Planning in the Christian College and University,” Faculty Dialogue, (Winter, 1992), pp. 59-78.

Sandin, Robert T. The Christian College in an Age of Educational Competition: The Search for Excellence. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 1982.

Stephens, W. Richard. “Changing Conceptions of Chapel in the American College.” Fides Et Historia 10 (fall, 1977), pp. 72-81.

 Swenson, Victoria, "A Description of Christian Distinctives in Elementary Teacher Education Curricula at Christian Liberal Arts and Bible Colleges," doctoral dissertation, Michigan State University, 1992.

Trueblood, D. Elton. The Idea of a College. NY: Harper, 1959.

Van Til, Cornelius. Essays on Christian Education. Nutley, NJ:  Presbyterian and Reformed Pub. Co., 1977.

 Wilson, Douglas. Rediscovering the Lost Tools of Learning: An Approach To Distinctively Christian Education. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 1991.

Wolterstorff, Nicholas. “The Mission of the Christian College at the End of the 20th Century.”  Faculty Dialogue (fall, 1984), pp. 39-48. 

Church-Related Higher Education

 Burtchael, James Tunstead. The Dying of the Light: The Disengagement of Colleges and Universities from Their Christian Heritage. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998

Church and College: A Vital Partnership; Vol. 1: Affirmation; Vol. 2: Mission; Vol. 3: Accountability; Vol. 4: Exchange.  Sherman, Texas: The National Congress on Church-Related Colleges and Universities, 1980.

Gill, David W., ed. Should God Get Tenure? Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997.

 Hobbs, Walter C., and Richard L. Meeth. Diversity Among Christian Colleges. Arlington, VA.: Studies in Higher Education, 1980.

 Hoge, Dean R. Commitment on Campus: Changes in Religion and Values Over Five Decades.  Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1974.

Jencks, Christopher, and David Reisman. The Academic Revolution. NY: Doubleday and Company, 1968.

Marsden, George and Longfield, Bradley, eds., The Secularization of the Academy. NY; Oxford University Press, 1992.

 McCoy, Charles.  The Responsible Campus. Nashville: Board of Education, United Methodist Church, 1972.

 McGrath, Earl J. “The Future of the Protestant College.” Liberal Education March, 1961), pp. 45-57.

McGrath, Earl J. Study of Southern Baptist Colleges and Universities, 1976-77.

McGrath, Earl J. Values, Liberal Education, and National Destiny. Indianapolis: Lilly Endowment, 1975.

Pace, C. Robert. Education and Evangelism: A Profile of Protestant Colleges. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1972.

Parsonage, Robert Rue, ed. Church-Related Higher Education. Valley Forge: Judson, 1978.

Patello, Manning M., Jr., and Donald M. MacKenzie. Church-Sponsored Higher Education in the United States. Washington, D.C.: American Council on Education, 1966.

Solberg, Richard W., and Merton P. Strommen. How Church-Related Are Church-Related Colleges? Philadelphia: Board of Publication, Lutheran Church in America, 1980.

 

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