The faith community includes some of the most brilliant minds in academe. Yet many have felt compelled to check their faith at the doors of our educational institutions. Intimidated by a daunting amalgam of naturalism and postmodernism, they have been silenced by secularists' insistence that faith has no place in the quest for knowledge. In Faith and Learning on the Edge, David Claerbaut refutes this fallacy. He shows how those who espouse a values-neutral approach to knowledge and research fail to live up to their own standard. In capitulating to them by separating faith from learning, Christians abdicate their responsibility toward both higher education and the culture at large. Believers must reintegrate their faith as a crucial component of learning, insists the author, and he explores ways in which this can be accomplished. Examining the worldviews that govern contemporary research and academe, Claerbaut unmasks the often vehement, sometimes subtle, disdain toward Christian thinking in both mainline universities and Christian institutions. More than that, he shows why believers who step in to fill the deep need for such thinking stand on firm intellectual ground---indeed, have the advantage in terms of fact and reason. And he considers how to apply a faith-and-learning approach across a broad spectrum of disciplines in the physical sciences, the arts and humanities, and the behavioral sciences. Praised by Protestant and Catholic scholars, Faith and Learning on the Edge looks at such issues as: Christian education versus 'baptized paganism' Naturalism, postmodernism, and their impact The high-stakes politics of the academic mainstream The nature of 'faith and learning' Being true to the role of learning in Christian scholarship The mindset of the Christian in the physical sciences Guidelines for the Christian artist Philosophy under a Christian lens Faith and the mental health models Sociology: faith in the eye of naturalism . . . and much more. For provosts, academic administrators, professors, college and graduate students, and everyone interested in the state of education, Faith and Learning on the Edge offers insights that are illuminating, convincing, and convicting.

Faith and Learning on the Edge: A Bold New Look at Religion in Higher Education

Religion & Spirituality

Claerbaut, David

Christian Books & Bibles

Zondervan

Urban Ministry

Liberation from loneliness

Tyndale House Publishers

The reluctant defender: A big-city attorney defends desperate people [Paperback] David Claerbaut David Claerbaut (Author)

The reluctant defender: A big-city attorney defends desperate people

Durocher's Cubs recreates the magic of those years when the Cubs had a collection of diamond luminaries but still couldn't win, and explores what really happened on the field, in the clubhouse, and in the gilded offices of William Wrigley, the team's owner.

Durocher's Cubs: The Greatest Team That Didn't Win

Sports & Outdoors

Baseball

Taylor Trade Publishing

Review\nClaerbaut pulls together a credible and well-written biography of the usually reticent Green Bay Packers hero. With the help of Starr's teammates from the Glory Days, Claerbaut incorporates a history of the Packers during this era as well as a look at the star quarterback, whom few people really know. -- Jean Peerenboom ― Packersnews.Com\nClaerbaut sweeps away the myths and romance surrounding the Packers to reveal what most pro-football experts knew ― Starr... was a leader who could inspire a team by his actions. -- Bob D'Angelo ― Tampa Review\nInspirational story of triumph. -- John Maxymuk ― Library Journal\nA carefully researched and fluidly written biography of one of football's truly great players and a glimpse inside one of its great teams. -- Wes Lukowsky ― Booklist\nA celebration of one of the flat-top good guys from an era not so terribly long ago. -- Scott Adamson ― Birmingham Post-Herald\nBart Starr was the quarterback of the Green Bay Packers from 1956 to 1971, the most meaningful and successful era of one of football's most storied franchises. Starr was named MVP of the first two Super Bowls and to the Pro Bowl four times. He threw for more than 24,000 yards in his career and holds the Packer record for most games played. But the awards and impressive statistics are not what fans remember most about Bart Starr. As his legendary coach, Vince Lombardi, once said, "Bart Starr stands for what the game of football stands for: courage, stamina and coordinated efficiency. You instill desire by creating a superlative example. The noblest form of leadership is by example and that is what Bart Starr is about."\nWith a new epilogue covering Starr's life since 2004 and death in 2019, this updated edition of Bart Starr: When Leadership Mattered shows with clarity and stunning insight just how true Lombardi's compliment was. Drafted in the seventeenth round out of the University of Alabama after a checkered collegiate career, Starr was just hoping to catch the eye of an NFL team. As the 199th selection in the 1956 draft, his expectations and those of the team and fans were limited. But Bart Starr rose above everyone's expectations to will his way to the starting job, aided by the encouragement of Lombardi, who became Packer head coach in 1959.\nThis book reveals all the details of Starr's improbable rise to stardom. It explores his relationship with Lombardi and his guidance of the Packers from a downtrodden franchise to five-time World Champions to two-time Super Bowl winners. His epic battles with rivals such as the Bears and Lions and the famous Ice Bowl are also recalled in unforgettable fashion.\nBut most of all, Bart Starr: When Leadership Mattered is about a modestly talented football player who with uncommon intelligence, grit, and leadership elevated his play and that of his teammates. The Packers would not have been the Packers without Bart Starr.

Bart Starr: When Leadership Mattered, Updated Edition

Biographies & Memoirs

LYONS PRESS+

A one-stop record containing everything Cardinals fans want to know about their favorite baseball team, this resource is packed with anecdotes, history, explanations of traditions, statistics, trivia, and photos.

Cardinals Essential: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Real Fan!

Triumph Books

A one-stop record containing everything Bears fans want to know about their favorite football team, this resource is packed with anecdotes, history, explanations of traditions, statistics, trivia, and photos.

Bears Essential: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Real Fan!

History

Americas

What is it like to be a heavily recruited high school football star? James and step-dad Dave learn the ins and outs of the college courting process and share their inside story in Recruiting Confidential. With all the controversy surrounding NCAA compliance breakdowns, booster bribes and big time pressure in coaches and athletic staffs to bring the best of the best to their institution, how do this father/son duo navigate the murky waters of big promises and big expectations? Claerbaut reveals in honest reflection how the schools go about bringing star players to their team, what impressed them and what turned them off to various coaches and campuses. As the journey to a college decision nears, father and son discover a bond that has developed and hopefully will grow as James announces to the world where he will spend his college days―on and off the field.

Recruiting Confidential: A Father, a Son, and Big Time College Football

Football (American)

Bart Starr: When Leadership Mattered

As his legendary coach once said, Bart Starr stands for what the game of football stands for: Courage, stamina and coordinated efficiency. This book reveals all the details of Starr's improbable rise to stardom. It explores his relationship with Lombardi and his guidance of the Packers from a downtrodden franchise to five-time World Champions to two-time Super Bowl winners.

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