Liberal Arts and the Legacy of China’s Christian Universities
Liberal Arts and the Legacy of China’s Christian Universities

Author: Peter Tze Ming Ng

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-05-04

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 9819900670

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This book brings together English translations of thirteen research papers published in recent years by Chinese historians, sociologists, and educators. These papers investigate various dimensions of the legacy of China’s historic The Christian Universities which continues to inspire higher education reform in China even in the twenty-first century. This book focuses on Christian Universities, which fostered a particularly notable Liberal Arts Education in the Chinese context. Besides embracing some ideals in common with Liberal Arts Education developed in the West, their Liberal Arts Education curriculum had an emphasis on readings in the classics, history, philosophy, religion, ethics, and literature which conveyed traditional Chinese values. The Christian Universities also shared a strong commitment to moral formation, community service, and global citizenship education. This book emphasizes Liberal Arts Education that focused on the whole person, where academic knowledge, skills, and character were equally valued. The book presents distinctive characteristics of the study of Christian higher education in China and the interplay between globalization and localization.

Portraits of Influential Chinese Educators
Portraits of Influential Chinese Educators

Author: Ruth Hayhoe

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-05-11

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 1402055684

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This book conveys an understanding of China’s educational development from within and provides unique insights into Chinese society. It does so through portraits of eleven influential educators whose ideas have shaped the educational reforms initiated by Deng Xiaoping in 1978. The book makes Chinese civilization concrete through the drama of the real lives of educators and provides glimpses into the educational context of China’s recent move onto the world stage.

Chinese Christianity
Chinese Christianity

Author: Ziming Wu

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2012-02-03

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 9004225749

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Viewing Chinese Christianity from a globalization perspective, this volume describes the interplay of “universal” and “particular” aspects as well as the global and local forces which shaped the characteristics of Chinese Christianity.

Christian Higher Education
Christian Higher Education

Author: Joel Carpenter

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2014-03-07

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 0802871054

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This book offers a fresh report and interpretation of what is happening at the intersection of two great contemporary movements: the rapid growth of higher education worldwide and the rise of world Christianity. It features on-site, evaluative studies by scholars from Africa, Asia, North America, and South America. Christian Higher Education: A Global Reconnaissance visits some of the hotspots of Christian university development, such as South Korea, Kenya, and Nigeria, and compares what is happening there to places in Canada, the United States, and Europe, where Christian higher education has a longer history. Very little research until now has examined the scope and direction of Christian higher education throughout the world, so this volume fills a real gap.