[PDF] Lutheran Higher Education eBook

Author : Marcia J. Bunge
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 20,84 MB
Release : 2023-01-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 150648090X

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So That All May Flourish provides a substantive and accessible introduction to the vocation, educational priorities, and theological foundations of Lutheran Higher Education (LHE) and the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU). Intended as a "primer," the book seeks to cultivate knowledge of LHE and NECU that is both appreciative, critical, and constructive. The book includes 16 chapters across three important organizing sections: Core Commitments, Distinctive Strengths, and Contemporary Callings. Each chapter is written by scholars from various NECU institutions and highlights a distinctive educational priority, explores its theological groundings, and offers examples of how it is embodied in a variety of distinctive ways on different NECU campuses. The result is a rich tour of Lutheran higher education as a site for important formative work. The book also includes a short preface, forward, and epilogue. Written by a veritable who's who of Lutheran higher education, this volume is a must read for everyone concerned about the work being done on Lutheran campuses.

Author : Brian Beckstrom
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 37,85 MB
Release : 2020-07-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1978706049

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Lutheran colleges and universities occupy a distinctive space in American higher education. In an age where the dividing line between sacred and secular has become blurred, Brian Beckstrom argues that their "rooted and open" approach, combined with adaptive theological leadership, could be the best hope for faith based higher education. To do so, he provides an overview of Lutheran higher education, its history, and identity, and combines surveys of students, faculty, and staff at Lutheran institutions with leadership theory and theological reflection. Leaders at Lutheran colleges and universities will find it to be helpful in understanding their mission, identity, and vocation in a secular age, and navigating the changing cultural environment that challenges the church and higher education alike.

Author : Tom Christenson
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Pub
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 27,15 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780806650234

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Why should Lutherans care whether there are any ''Lutheran'' colleges and universities? Why should people who study, teach, and work in colleges and universities care whether they are ''Lutheran'' or not? And, maybe most significantly, what does the continued robustness of Lutheran higher education have to contribute to the church and to life and work in the broader public arena? Tom Christenson has thoughtful and persuasive answers to all these questions, and more.

Author : Jason A. Mahn
Publisher : Lutheran University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,63 MB
Release : 2016-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781942304210

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Many now agree that, at best, ECLA colleges and universities principally educate students so they can discern the material, social, and spiritual needs of others and then respond with committed service and out of a sense of gratitude. In short, the vocation of Lutheran higher education is to educate for vocation. This book traces the history of Lutheran higher education, depicts its chief marks, offers critical perspectives on its aim to educate for vocation, and traces trajectories into the decades to come.

Author : Richard W. Solberg
Publisher : Minneapolis : Augsburg Publishing House
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 13,82 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Education
ISBN :

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This fascinating volume traces, for the first time, the history of the fifty presently operating Lutheran colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.