Introduction: An invitation to respectful conversation -- Pt. I. Faithful learning -- 1. Mom, Pop, and the girls -- 2. Jesus and me -- 3. Finding something you love to do -- 4. Learning after schooling -- 5. Needing to know -- 6. Seeds for my emerging Christian ethic -- 7. Becoming who I am -- 8. God did not make me a stone -- 9. An expanded vision -- 10. Learning leadership in the trenches -- 11. On being evangelical -- 12. Knowing enough about the Bible to live -- 13. Being a teacher and scholar -- 14. Fired -- 15. Does a bear relieve himself in the woods -- 16. Respectful conversations -- 17. Jesus and me again -- Pt. II. On what basis can we talk if we disagree? -- 18. Evaluating competing claims to knowledge -- 19. Commitment and openness in conversation -- Pt. III. Can we talk about justice and peace? -- 20. Should religious people do politics? If so, with what agenda? -- 21. Tragedy, just war, and peacemaking -- Pt. IV. Improving Christian higher education -- 22. Christian scholarship -- 23. Recommendations for Christian higher education.
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