Sterk, A., ed. 2002. “Religion, Scholarship, and Higher Education: Perspectives, Models, and Future Prospects.” Lilly Seminar on Religion and Higher Education. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press.
The essays in this collection were compiled from addresses to the Lilly Seminar on Religion and Higher Education between 1998 and 1999. Essays in Part I address foundational issues on diverse and at times conflicting subjects, such as James Turner’s essay on the ways in which religious intellectual traditions can contribute to scholarship; and David Hollinger’s essay on how universities should maintain a “critical distance from religion in general and Christianity in particular.” The contributors in Part II take up the issue of religion and scholarship. Scholars John McGreevey, Nancy Ammerman, Roger Lundin, Brian Daley and others provide summaries of religion and research in their respective disciplines. Serene Jones demonstrates the ways in which classical Christian theology have influenced her feminist theory. Part III addresses the issue of teaching. Essays in this section include Mark Noll’s take on being a history instructor on a Christian campus, and Robert Wuthnow’s account of how religion influences his many responsibilities as professor, advisor, and administrator.
