Christian Faith and University Life Stewards of the Academy Edited by T. Laine Scales + Jennifer L. Howell Christian Faith and University Life T. Laine Scales · Jennifer L. Howell Editors Christian Faith and University Life Stewards of the Academy Editors T. Laine Scales Jennifer L. Howell Baylor University Baylor University Waco, TX, USA Waco, TX, USA ISBN 978-3-319-61743-5 ISBN 978-3-319-61744-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-61744-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017947172 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. 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Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image: © David Noton Photography/Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland In memory of Susan E. Colón 1973–2012 A cknowledgements This project has been a cooperative endeavor from the beginning. We are grateful to our colleagues in the community of learning at Baylor University who challenged us to think through the question of gradu- ate student formation and Christian faith. Darin Davis, Vice President of University Mission and Director of the Institute of Faith and Learning and Larry Lyon, Dean of the Graduate School have encouraged us, sup- ported us, and offered their insights. We are particularly indebted to the doctoral students, faculty, and pastors who took time to help us shape the practice that came to be known as the Conyers Scholars Program at Baylor. In particular, we are grateful to Bruce Longenecker, Rev. Dorisanne Cooper, Ian Gravagne, Darin Davis, Rev. Matt Snowden, Robert Kruschwitz, Rev. Eric Howell, B.J. Parker, Michael DePalma, Nathan Alleman, Michael Beaty, Rev. Robert Creech, Rebecca Hays, Nathan Hays, and Katie Robbins for their efforts in leading the program. While we both tend to live in the world of ideas, producing an edited volume requires close attention to detail. For that set of skills, we relied upon Nathan Hays and Alanna Martinez who helped us with manuscript preparation. We appreciated the guidance of Milana Vernikova and the editorial staff at Palgrave for their technical assistance and encouragement at several stages of this project. Several anonymous Conyers Scholars offered blind review, providing helpful feedback for our contributors. vii viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Finally, we are especially grateful for the investment of time, wis- dom, and heart the late Susan E. Colón provided in the first years of the Conyers Scholars project. Susan was a true steward of the academy and of the faith; we dedicate this volume to her memory. c ontents 1 Introduction—Stewardship Reconsidered: Academic Work and the Faithful Christian 1 T. Laine Scales and Jennifer L. Howell Part I Vocation and a Scholarly Life of Stewardship 2 Toward a Vision of Vocation 19 Darin H. Davis 3 Vocation Is Something that Happens to You: Freedom, Education, and the American Literary Tradition 31 Rachel B. Griffis 4 Putting Down Roots: Why Universities Need Gardens 51 Jeffrey Bilbro and Jack R. Baker 5 Liberal Learning and Christian Practical Wisdom 73 Mark Schwehn ix x CONTENTS Part II Faithful Teachers and Pedagogical Practices 6 Ever Ancient, Ever New: Reading to Become Wise 93 Matthew A. Rothaus Moser 7 Pedagogical Practices: Lessons from Augustine of Hippo 117 Jennifer L. Howell and T. Laine Scales 8 “Expound This Love:” Forming the Next Generation of Christian Teacher-Scholars Through the Lilly Graduate Fellows Program 131 Jane Kelley Rodeheffer 9 Intellectual Humility & Higher Education 149 David T. Echelbarger 10 How Christian Faith Can Animate Teaching: A Taxonomy of Diverse Approaches 165 Perry L. Glanzer, Nathan Alleman and David Guthrie Part III Church and Academy: Stewarding our Faith and our Universities 11 The Mind Is Its Own Place: Gnosticism and Why Scholars Need the Church 195 Rev. Kyle Childress 12 Imagining Structural Stewardship: Lessons in Resistance and Cultural Change from the Highlander Folk School 205 Emily Hunt and João Chaves 13 William James’s Pragmatic Pluralism and the American University’s Loss of Soul 221 Karl Aho CONTENTS xi 14 The Ecclesial Turn: Putting Stanley Hauerwas’s Vision for Christian Higher Education into Practice 239 David C. Cramer 15 Rising from the Rubble: The Vital Significance of Christian Research Universities in the Twenty-First Century 253 L. Gregory Jones 16 Afterword: Vocation, Stewardship, and Teaching: A Hopeful Response 269 David I. Smith Index 281