New Faculty Seminar on Faith and Learning
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Course Outline
Representative Faith and Learning Papers and Projects
Confession, Literary Memory, and the Poetic Theologies of Modern War:Teaching Thomas Hardy and “The War Poets” by J. C. Bittenbender (School of Arts & Sciences, English Dept).
UNDERSTANDING OF SELF AND OTHERS IN GOD: An Imperative for Christian Multicultural Educators by Heewon Chang, School of Arts and Sciences and School of Graduate and Professional Studies,Dept. of Education.
From the Classroom to the Cathedral: Designing Intentional Ways to Access Meaningful or “Soul-full” Content in a Dance Composition Course by Dr. Karen Clemente, School of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Communication Arts. A modified version of this paper was published in The Pennsylvania Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Spring 2001), pp. 18-21, 24
A Biblically Informed Reflection on the Human Cloning Debate by Dave G. Seapy, Ph.D., School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Chemistry
Psychology's Two Cultures: A Christian Analysis by Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen, School of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Psychology. This paper was published in Christian Scholars Review, Vol. 16, No. 2 (June 1988), pp. 406-424, and was the winner of the 1988 Christian Scholars Review Award for an article in that year's volume which "provides a model of Christian scholarship in exhibiting the relationship of the Christian faith to an academic topic."
Study As Love: Augustinian Vision and Catholic Education by Philip Cary, School of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Philosophy & Christian Studies. A published version of this paper appears in Augustine and Liberal Education, ed. K. Paffenroth and K. Hughes (Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate Press, 2000)
The Ontology of Number: Platonic and Postmodern Considerations by Walt Huddell, School of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Mathematics.
Faculty Workshop Readings
Heewon Chang, "Cultural Autobiography for Christian Multicultural Educators: A Way of Understanding Self and Others."
Heewon Chang, "An Excerpt From My Faith and Learning Paper."
Paul Brink, "Rough, Sketchy and Unfinished Notes About How One Might Think Christianly About Politics."