By Donald D. Schmeltekopf, Dianna M. Vitanza
The way forward for Baptist better schooling investigates 4 key matters that tell Baptist efforts at greater schooling: the denominational clash that has stricken Baptists because the Eighties, the secularization of upper schooling in the USA, the dominance of the market-driven developments in American better schooling this present day, and the that means of Christian larger schooling, yet extra particularly, the which means of Baptist better schooling. This quantity in actual fact illustrates that the that means of Baptist and Christian larger schooling, as with the Christian lifestyles itself, is way extra complicated than anybody imperial interpretation.
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Unless some effort is made to bring Christian convictions to bear in the classroom itself, the Christian vision and identity of the school (and of its graduates) will not long survive amidst the swirling winds of a faith-corroding culture. But this rejection of a merely two-spheres kind of pietism does not diminish the significance of creating a pious ethos as one aspect of an overall vision for Christian higher education. Benne himself consistently emphasizes that one ingredient necessary for “keeping faith” with the founding religious traditions of Christian universities is the creation of a meaningfully Christian ethos, and he commends those schools that do this.
But how many such scholars can one hope to find? Moreover, anyone with more than a passing familiarity with contemporary theology and philosophy knows that there are ways of doing work in these disciplines that differ from the worldview approach. For example, the growing emphasis on narrative in various disciplines today reminds us that one can explore texts and articulate theological claims in ways other than the doctrinal/propositional paradigm most common in worldview and faith/learning integration circles, as well as in conservative theology.
In both, several courses with explicit Christian content are required of all students; in orthodox schools, the aim is to have all courses influenced by a shared Christian perspective. The dominant atmosphere of such schools clearly reflects the piety of the sponsoring tradition. Chapel continues to play a major role. The sponsoring church remains warmly related to such schools and sends a significant percentage of its young people there for college, as well as providing significant financial support, and the board continues to have at least a majority of members come from the sponsoring religious tradition or movement.
