While searching for some material related to Tertullian’s questions “What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem? What concord is there between the Academy and the Church?”, I stumbled upon this insightful short article by C. Drew Smith. It looks at some of the issues of teaching in a Christian liberal arts college, particularly around the development of critical thinking skills, engagement by/with stakeholders in that environment, and selection of material for students to read from different theological and philosophical perspectives. Resonated with me, but the other way around as I have to select material from ‘faith’ traditions to use in a secular educational context.
See C. Drew Smith, “Between Athens and Jerusalem,” SBL Forum , n.p. [cited April 2005]. Online: http://sbl-site.org/Article.aspx?ArticleID=389
John
Hi, I am from Melbourne.
Before you start pretending that there ever was (or now is) any real separation between “athens” and “jerusalem” I would suggest that you read this essay on the origins and political purposes of what became the “official” Bible.
http://www.beezone.com/up/forgottenesotericismjesus.html
Plus a radical critique of the self-serving nature of what is usually called religion – especially in 2011.
http://www.beezone.com/up/criticismcuresheart.html
http://www.adidam.org/teaching/aletheon/truth-religion.aspx
Also The Illusion of Separation of Church & State
http://www.dabase.org/ilchurst.htm
Applied Christian politics 101
http://www.beezone.com/AdiDa/jesusandme.html
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~spanmod/mural/panel13.html