Academic Freedom and Christian Scholarship

From: Academe | Date: May 1, 2001| Author: Ogden, Schubert M | Copyright information

Anthony J. Diekema. Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2000, 214 pp.

THE TWO MAIN CONCERNS OF THIS book are indicated by its title: to offer a convincing defense of academic freedom, suitably redefined, and to establish the legitimacy of Christian scholarship, by which the author means research and teaching guided by a Christian worldview and directed toward witnessing to the Christian faith underlying it.

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