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Title: The Idea of a Christian College by Arthur Frank Holmes ISBN: 0-8028-0258-3 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 March, 1987 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.00

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Rating: 5
Summary: Sound analysis and advice; succint and effective style
Comment: This book is well written and brief. (It's amazing how often those two go together!) The contents are as follows:

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Preface

1. Why a Christian College?

2. Theological Foundations

3. The Liberal Arts: What and Why?

4. Liberal Arts as Career Preparation

5. Integrating Faith and Learning

6. Academic Freedom

7. College as Community

8. Experience is not Enough

9. The Marks of an Educated Person

Suggestions for further reading

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The chapter on integrating faith and learning was especially good, as was the chapter on academic freedom. Refreshingly lucid thinking and writing: no stale ideas to be found.

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