This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. The teaching of ethics and the transmission of values once performed an integrative function in the Christian college curriculum; however, they have gradually become relegated to a subspecialty status within the philosophy or religion department. Arguing that ethics is everybody's business, Arthur Holmes presents in this book a concise survey of moral education -- its goals and methods -- in the Christian college. Arising out of a three-year Christian College Consortium project, Shaping Character reflects the insights of a rich variety of experts, writers, and faculty members. Holmes first orients his readers to the present ethical climate, to theological dimensions and distinctive in ethics, and to moral development theory. He then poses three overall objectives of ethics education -- forming the conscience, making moral decisions, and developing character -- and fleshes out each objective with particular goals. Throughout the book Holmes makes suggestions about the role of faculty and staff, paying special attention to teaching methods and noting the context and dynamics of college life in general. The final chapter summarizes how the Bible functions in ethics. Shaping Character is meant for all Christian college teachers, professors, and administrators concerned about student values and the moral condition of our society. The book will serve as a valuable and practical guide for teaching ethics in every department.

Until Relatively Recently, the history of higher education in the West was the story of a Christian academic tradition that played a major role in both intellectual history and the history of the church. Over the last one hundred years, however, we have witnessed the progressive secularization of higher education. George Marsden goes so far as to suggest that the American university has lost its soul. But what was that putatively Christian soul? Precisely what in the Christian tradition has now been lost? And what should we know about that tradition as a condition of practical wisdom for the present?

More than ten years after its publication in 1975, The Idea of a Christian College has become, in the prophetic words of Nicholas Wolterstorff, "a classic, a standard." Widely used by students, lay readers, teachers, and administrators, it provides a concise case for the Christian college and defines its distinctive mission and contribution. This revised edition is Holmes' response to the many professors and students who have read the work enthusiastically and urged the author to clarify certain ideas and to address further aspects of the overall subject. The author has extensively revised several chapters, has eliminated one-gender language, and has included two new chapters: "Liberal Arts as Career Preparation" and "The Marks of an Educated Person."--Back cover.

Arthur F. Holmes outlines a Christian ethic, contrasts it with other ethical systems, and applies it to contemporary moral problems. A Contours of Christian Philosophy book.

"A book that has been needed for several years. It certainly will be one of the most important evangelical books of the year. Its exploration of possible Christian answers to some of the basic problems of philosophy is thoughtful, well-written, and bears all the marks of having been written by a highly competent philosopher."--Ronald H. Nash, Western Kentucky University.

This is a book on philosophical methodology. Readers who look for a worked-out position on other problems will be disappointed. It is a book on the methodology of Christian philosophy. Readers who look for the exposition of a Christian philosophy, or for arguments designed to establish a Christian viewpoint, will also be disappointed. All I have attempted to do is to explore the idea of Christian philosophy as it relates to contemporary views of the nature and methods of philosophic inquiry. Exploration is always tentative. It is also propaedeutic to other tasks, but I have done little or nothing here on such other tasks as religious epistemology or apologetics, related as these are. My only excuse is that the line or inquiry undertaken here had to come first; hopefully more will come later.

"What is the relationship between reason and revelation? From the first century this question has challenged the Church, born as it was in a philosophically minded, pagan culture. In our century the same question demands new answers. Assaulted on all sides by religions and philosophies ancient and modern, the thinking Christian must resolve the problem of faith and reason for himself. Only on the basis of a personal solution can he communicate the gospel with assurance and effectiveness. This booklet introduces and explores the perennial problem in its contemporary setting by examining the nature of philosophy and the nature of Christianity and relating the latter to the philosophic enterprise."-Publisher.