Christianity and Moral Identity in Higher Education

2009
ISBN: 978-0-230-61240-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 275 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

This book offers examples from both Christian and secular democratic institutions of higher education and then responds to possible criticisms about how moral education in a comprehensive humanist moral tradition may short change diversity, autonomy and critical thinking.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Glanzer, P.

Ream, T.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: MORAL EDUCATION IN CONTEMPORARY HIGHER EDUCATION Introduction: A Less than Human Education Moral Development and Moral Order Searching for Common, Tradition-Free Approaches to Moral Education: A Brief History Addressing the Moral Quandary Facing Contemporary Higher Education: Moral Education in Postmodern Universities PART II: A MORE HUMAN EDUCATION: MORAL FORMATION IN A SPECIFIC TRADITION The Levels of Constrained Identity Agreement Used To Advance Moral Education Case Study I: Moral Education in Secular Colleges and Universities Case Study II: Moral Education among Christian Colleges and Universities Moral Order and Moral Education within Comprehensive Moral Traditions * PART III: MORAL EDUCATION AND LIBERAL EDUCATION * Comparing Types and Levels of Constrained Identity Agreement Diversity and Autonomy and the Different Levels of Constrained Identity Agreement PART IV: STRENGTHENING MORAL EDUCATION IN A PARTICULAR TRADITION Christian Humanism and Christ-Centered Education: The Redemptive Development of Humans and Human Creations A More Human Christian Education: An Exercise in Moral Imagination

Über Autor(innen)

Author Perry L. Glanzer: Perry L. Glanzer is Associate Professor of Educational Foundations at Baylor University, USA, and a Resident Fellow with the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion.
Author Todd C. Ream: Todd C. Ream is Professor of Higher Education at Taylor University, Indiana, USA