An Invitation to Academic Studies by Jay D. Green

Pages: 40 | $4.99 | Booklet | Series: Faithful Learning

Summary:

“We were not wrong to learn the alphabet just because they say that the god Mercury was its patron, nor should we avoid justice and virtue just because they dedicated temples to justice and virtue. . . . A person who is a good and a true Christian should realize that truth belongs to his Lord, wherever it is found.” —ST. AUGUSTINE, On Christian Doctrine

 

Christians agree that our faith should inform and shape our learning. But have we ever considered the ways that academic study could cultivate and nourish our faith? When Christian education elevates theology and philosophy at the expense of other disciplines, we miss vital opportunities to explore how those disciplines can help us understand God’s kingdom.

Jay Green believes academic study is something to be not just endured, but embraced for its potential in studying God’s world. He explores the church’s relationship with the academy, and different approaches Christians have proposed to it, before proposing an approach of his own to help us not ignore or flee from scholarly study, but use it for God.

About the Series:

The Faithful Learning series invites Christian students to dive deeper into a modern academic discipline. The authors, scholars in their fields, believe that academic disciplines are good gifts from God that, when understood rightly, will give students the potential to cultivate a deeper love for God and neighbor.

About the Author:

JAY D. GREEN (MA, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; PhD, Kent State University) has been professor of history at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, since 1998.

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