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Engaging the culture, changing the world : the Christian university in a post-Christian world

Author: Philip W Eaton
Publisher: Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, ©2011.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Going against the mainstream of Christian higher education, Eaton envisions a place that considers engagement and interaction with culture to be a positive priority. Going against the mainstream of secular higher education, Eaton envisions a place where the grand narrative of the Christian gospel is affirmed as a life-giving response to the critical issues of our day.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Philip W Eaton
ISBN: 9780830839292 0830839291
OCLC Number: 703207287
Description: 206 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Engaging the culture, changing the world --
The stories we tell : the American university in crisis --
Negotiating a world of colliding maps --
what happens when we simply don't know what to say? --
Campus life without a guiding story --
The red t-shirt and the dinner-table drama --
The presumption of unbelief and the consequences --
A world without Easter --
Something we've never seen before --
The city and that every-elusive certainty --
Shattering fixed conclusions : the power of the imagination --
The gospel and cultural engagement --
Paul's explosive vision --
Restoring communities of trust --
Embracing the Christian story --
Modeling vibrant Christian community --
An alternative history, an alternative university --
A story of human flourishing and the work of the university.
Other Titles: Engaging the culture, changing the world :
Responsibility: Philip W. Eaton.
Local System Bib Number:
263880

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Going against the mainstream of Christian higher education, Eaton envisions a place that considers engagement and interaction with culture to be a positive priority. Going against the mainstream of secular higher education, Eaton envisions a place where the grand narrative of the Christian gospel is affirmed as a life-giving response to the critical issues of our day.
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