The Christian college and the meaning of academic freedom: truth-seeking in community

Foreword / George Marsden

Section I. Christian values as context for the idea of academic freedom

Freedom

Seeking

Honesty

Humility

Courage

Prudence

Love

Meaning

Harmony and Balance

Community

Section II. The development of academic freedom in America : a Christian college interpretation

The English model : Anglican dominance

The German model : secular dominance

The Early American model : Protestant dominance

The later American model : secular hegemony

The modern Christian college model

Institutional academic freedom

Student academic freedom

Economic limits as academic limits : the problem of accessibility

Evangelicals and Catholics : narrowing the gap

Section III. Testing the limits : recent case studies in Christian higher education

The origins debate (I)

The origins debate (II)

Sexual and gender identity (I)

Sexual and gender identity (II)

College and church : complement and conflict

Theological nuance

Gender, race, and ethnicity

Secular university restrictions and their broader implications

Government restrictions and accreditation uncertainties

Due process

Epilogue.