Slogans Or Distinctives

Review Slogans for Distinctives is a bold, creative and penetrating set of proposals for making Christian higher education the kind of undertaking it ought to be. The reader who resists dismissing it as impracticable will be stimulated to think and actin fresh ways.>>> (Arthur F. Homes)...a delightful read...the questions posed about the use of slogans and their role cannot be ignored, especially if the tasks of higher education are going to be pursued with integrity.>>>> (Arthur F. Homes Religious Education)Wolfe and Heie offer a playful, but convincing, account of the aims and purposes of a Christian liberal arts education. Students whove been around at least six weeks and faculty who may feel that theyve been around sixty years will both be challengedand refreshed by the witty dialogue and meaty arguments of this volume.>>> (Noll, Mark A.)Wolfe and Heie offer a playful, but convincing, account of the aims and purposes of a Christian liberal arts education. Students whove been around at least six weeks and faculty who may feel that theyve been around sixty years will both be challenged and refreshed by the witty dialogue and meaty arguments of this volume. (Noll, Mark A.)Slogans for Distinctives is a bold, creative and penetrating set of proposals for making Christian higher education the kind of undertaking it ought to be. The reader who resists dismissing it as impracticable will be stimulated to think and act in fresh ways. (Arthur F. Homes)...a delightful read...the questions posed about the use of slogans and their role cannot be ignored, especially if the tasks of higher education are going to be pursued with integrity. (Arthur F. Homes Religious Education) Product Description In this book, the authors first identify the educational slogans that often mark Christian higher educationAll truth is Gods truth, Integration of Faith and Learning, Holistic Education, and The Personal Touch, for example. The authors then contrast these supposed distinctives with tacit assumptions prevalent in traditional models of Christian higher education. They first propose an agenda for existing Christian liberal arts colleges and then a new model called Ambrose House, consisting of interrelated phases. One chapter is a dialogue between two fictional characters, one defending Christian higher education and the other opposing it. Contents: Foreword; To the Reader; Prologue: A Rabbit Tale; From Slogans To Distinctives; Possibilities and Prioritites: A Dialogue in Which a Skeptic Calls Christian Higher Education to Task; Bandaids and Organ Transplants: Some Current Efforts at Innovation; The Skin of Our Teeth: The Very Least We Need To Do; Is Reform Really Feasible? A Dialogue; Epilogue: Serpents and Doves. About the Author David L. Wolfe, who holds a Ph.D. in the Philosophy of Education, is a former Professor of Philosophy at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts. Harold Heie is Dean of Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania.