Professing in the Postmodern Academy

Stephen R. Haynes is Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis and Theologian-in-Residence at Idlewild Presbyterian Church. He is the author or editor of eleven books, including The Last Segregated Hour: The Memphis Kneel-Ins and the Campaign for Southern Church Desegregation (Oxford, 2012).

...introduces the reader to the wide range of literature on church-related education that has emerged over the past fifty years. Steve Haynes's 'Introduction' alone is worth the price of the book. -- Teaching Theology and Religion

• AcknowledgementsPrefacePart One: IntroductionA Review of Research on Church-Related Higher EducationStephen R. HaynesPart Two: Postmodern OpportunityThe Habit of Empathy: Postmodernity and the Future of the Church-Related CollegePaul LakelandProlegomena to Any Postmodern Hope for the Church-Related CollegeMargaret Falls-CorbittA Sense of Place and the Place of SenseWilliam J. CahoyPart Three: Academic VocationConversation and Authority: A Tension in the Inheritance of the Church-Related CollegeRichard KyteBeyond the Faith-Knowledge Dichotomy: Teaching As VocationElizabeth NewmanThe Erotic Imagination and the Catholic AcademyJohn NearyPart Four: Pedagogy and Praxis""Academic"" vs. ""Confessional"" Study of the Bible in the Postmodern Classroom: A Response to Philip Davies and David ClinesJulia M. O'BrienTeaching the Conflicts, For the Bible Tells Me SoTimothy K. BealA Pedagogy of Eucharistic AccompanimentDominic P. ScibiliaPart Five: Mission and CurriculumOne-Armed Embrace of Postmodernity: International Education and Church-Related CollegesKeith Graber MillerReligion and the Curriculum at Church-Related CollegesMarcia BungeFrom the Ties that Bind to Way-Stations: The Dynamics of Religious Commitment among Students and Their FamiliesD. Jonathan Grieser and Corrie E. NormanAfterwordA Typology of Church-Related Colleges and UniversitiesStephen R. HaynesNotesBibliographyContributors