Restoring the Vocation of a Christian College

“The call for Christian education to be distinct in its forms and outcomes has long been a point of scholarly discourse, and Brad faithfully reengages this far-from-stale conversation to offer new and needed perspectives. Drawing upon an interdisciplinary cohort of faithful scholar-practitioners, Brad surfaces actionable, real-world insights that move the conversation from ideas to practice. A product of Christian imagination—this guidebook equips educators not just to think faithfully but to act faithfully.”


—Perry L. Glanzer, Baylor University





“This book could not have come at a better time. With so many Christian colleges and universities fretting about their future, the contributors to Restoring the Vocation of a Christian College insightfully explore how a Christian worldview should infuse not just the curriculum but the entire culture of the institution. The result, happily, is that education becomes formation in which the successful graduate acquires not only knowledge but also wisdom about a good and holy life.”


—Paul J. Wadell, St. Norbert College, emeritus





“The College of the Ozarks’ invitation to a deeper kind of education is at the heart of this wonderful collection of essays, each one showing why and how the departments and disciplines are reimagined, if learning and life are integrally offered to those who long to learn. For all who teach, for all who are taught, Restoring the Vocation of a Christian College is for those willing to look over the shoulder and through the heart into a way of knowing that profoundly transforms, because knowing necessarily becomes doing.”


—Steven Garber, author of The Seamless Life: A Tapestry of Love and Learning, Worship and Work