"Higher" Education: A Perspective from a Christian University Foundation in Contemporary England

Autor/in	Pillay, Gerald J.
Titel	"Higher" Education: A Perspective from a Christian University Foundation in Contemporary England
Quelle	In: Christian Higher Education, 14 (2015) 1-2, S.4-16 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1536-3759
DOI	10.1080/15363759.2015.975553
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Christianity; Higher Education; Church Related Colleges; State Church Separation; Institutional Characteristics; Institutional Mission; Educational Objectives; Anxiety; Parochial Schools; Access to Education; Equal Education; Educational History; Educational Practices; Educational Policy; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Christentum; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Kirchliche Hochschule; Kirche-Staat-Beziehung; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Angst; Konfessionsschule; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungspraxis; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik
Abstract	The relation between Christian education and the secularized public square, based on how state and church relations are typically portrayed, has been described chiefly in terms of conflict. However, in the case of church-founded schools and universities in Britain, the relationship, in practice, is more ambiguous than polarized. Arguably, there is growing antipathy to direct institutional identity with faith or religion; at the same time, however, there is growing confidence among others that institutions informed by faith bring something indispensable to education. This essay investigates this issue via the existential experience of Liverpool Hope University, the only ecumenical university in Europe. Although Liverpool Hope University is an ecumenical institution, it is also a part of the British State university system. The argument is made that the "way of ambiguity" is not unlike the "way of Incarnation," which steers between the certainty of public recognition that has often led to forms of triumphalism and the dwindling public confidence that leads inadvertently to the dumbing down of Christian identity in public service. The church's long service to education is essential to its contribution to the common good and is indispensable for the sustainability of humane societies. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10