Yet ironically-given the philosophical impossibility of neutrality-the former approach is not only unable to satisfy its own expressed intentions, but it also necessarily sets itself in opposition to biblical Christianity (e.g., Matt. On the other hand, Christian academic settings seek a positive religious stance from the outset of formulating curriculum, hiring staff, etc. By definition, secular academic settings seek a neutral/non-religious stance from the outset of formulating curriculum, hiring staff, etc. Rather, this paper is observing that at the philosophical level, secular and Christian academic institutions are operating from fundamentally antithetical presuppositions. Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture references are derived from the New American Standard Bible (1995).įurthermore, this paper is not arguing that it is impossible to attend or work for a secular academic institution and be faithful to one’s Christian witness. Knight, Philosophy & Education: An Introduction in Christian Perspective (Berrien Springs, MI: Andrews University Press, 2006). Booth (Nacogdoches, TX: Covenant Media Foundation, 2000), 51.
Bahnsen, Always Ready: Directions for Defending the Faith, ed. If there is something we can call soul, it is either material (the Stoic view) or an aspect of the body” (10-11). On this view, there is no immaterial soul. Frame in A History of Western Philosophy and Theology (Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, 2015): “ all events can be explained in terms of matter and motion. Anderson, What’s Your Worldview?: An Interactive Approach to Life’s Big Questions (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2014), 69-70. Lang, Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons From the Science of Learning (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2021). Greenberg, Turning Learning Right Side Up: Putting Education Back On Track (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, 2016) and James M. A sample of book length treatments teasing out competing methodologies of formal education are Russell Lincoln Ackoff and Daniel A. On the basis of recorded human history, Tyrel Eskelson argues for at least 5,000 years of formal education in “How and Why Formal Education Originated in the Emergence of Civilization,” Journal of Education and Learning 9, no. Hayden, “The Psychology and Neuroscience of Curiosity,” Neuron 88, no. Consider the following resource as a sampling of this research: Celeste Kidd and Benjamin Y. Even secular neurological and psychological studies have disclosed that human cognition is foundational to human experience. “Social Media Statistics Details,” Undiscovered Maine, October 8, 2021. Poythress demonstrates how this should not be the case on pages 13-31 of Redeeming Science: A God-Centered Approach (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2006) and pages 13-19 of Redeeming Philosophy: A God-Centered Approach to the Big Questions (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2014). Although the disciplines of philosophy, science, and theology are often seen in conflict with one another, Vern S. Spiegel, The Love of Wisdom: A Christian Introduction to Philosophy (Nashville, TN: B&H Academic, 2009), 1-4.
This episode is a narration of Dewey Dovel's work titled "The Holy Spirit in Christian Education."
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