An Idea of a Christian University

Today the academy is in a state of turmoil torn apart by marketdriven pressures systematic underfunding by central government demoralized and impoverished standards overworked and highly stressed staff increased student numbers and an ever widening division between researchled and teachingled institutions. All this is a far cry from the religiouslyinspired ideals of Christian higher education which underpinned the foundation of so many centers of learning across the UK Europe North America and Australasia.In this timely and provocative collection of essays scholars from Australia Canada the UK and the USA reexamine the idea of a Christian university and offer a radical alternative vision for the future of the academy. Theologians from Anglican Orthodox Catholic and Protestant traditions engage both with the historic roots from which the idea of the Christian university emerges and with the contemporary challenges and opportunities faced by higher education today. They draw on insights from Christian theology for shaping a new vision for the contemporary academy.Astley, Jeff is the author of 'An Idea of a Christian University', published 2005 under ISBN 9781842272602 and ISBN 1842272608.