Eastern Orthodox Christianity and American Higher Education: Theological, Historical, and Contemporary Reflections

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EASTERN ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY AND AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION
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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Piecing the Puzzle of Eastern Orthodox Christian Involvement in American Higher Education
PART I. HISTORICAL AND THEOLOGICAL ROOTS
	CHAPTER 1 Education (Paideia) as Kerygmatic Value in the Orthodox Tradition
	CHAPTER 2 Wisdom and Education: An Old Testament Perspective
	CHAPTER 3 A Rhetoric Fit for the Gospel: Education in the Letters of Saint Paul
	CHAPTER 4 “Learn from Me”: Embodied Knowledge through Imitation in Early Christian Pedagogy
	CHAPTER 5 Plundering the Egyptians: The Use of Classical Paideia in the Early Church
	CHAPTER 6 Orthodox Monasticism and Higher Education
	CHAPTER 7 Thoughts from Orthodoxy’s Modern Past: Theology, Religion, and the University in Russia (Late Nineteenth to Early Twentieth Centuries)
PART II. ENGAGING THE CONTEMPORARY ACADEMY
	CHAPTER 8 An Orthodox University in Lebanon: A Rich Legacy and Insistent Calling
	CHAPTER 9 An Orthodox College
	CHAPTER 10 Ecumenism in the Classroom: An Orthodox Perspective on Teaching in a Catholic University
	CHAPTER 11 Theosis and Theological Literacy: Identity Formation and Teaching Theology to Undergraduates
	CHAPTER 12 Perspectives from the Academy: Being Orthodox and a Scientist
	CHAPTER 13 Singing the Lord’s Song in a Foreign Land: Teaching Orthodox Liturgical Music in Non-Orthodox Contexts
	CHAPTER 14 In the World, for the Life of the World: Personal Reflections on Being a Professor and Priest in a Public University
	CHAPTER 15 The Absence of Eastern Orthodoxy in American Academia and Its Possible Relevance for an Integral Vision of Reality
	CHAPTER 16 Reflections on Political Science and the Study of Orthodox Christianity in the American Academy: Thoughts on Mainstream and Margins
	CHAPTER 17 The Transfiguration Polyeleos, Textbooks, and Polyphonic Learning
	CHAPTER 18 Vocation, Poetry, and Prayer
AFTERWORD
	CHAPTER 19 Faith and Learning in Higher Education: Historical Reflections for Contemporary Challenges
List of Contributors
Index