Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Christian Education


I found a really excellent discussion about Christian colleges vs. being a Christian at a secular college by Kenneth C. Elzinga, the Robert C. Taylor Professor of Economics at the University of Virginia. The article is his Centennial University Address at Abilene Christian University.

I think it speaks volumes about Christians in the workplace, Christians in schools, and how much or how little our faith is obvious to those around us.

Here's a quote:

"Teaching. It probably goes without saying that when a physicist at ACU teaches Bernoulli’s theorem, it is not taught differently than it would be taught at UVa. When I teach the economic principle of elasticity of demand at UVa, I am confident the same formula is taught at ACU.
But when I teach the economic theory of income distribution at UVa, it is not fair game for me to ask: What might the Biblical principle of gleaning — leaving some extra grain in the fields for the poor — teach about income distribution in an industrialized society?"

Check out Kenneth C. Elzinga's article here!

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