The Liberal Arts: A Student’s Guide
Overview
An excellent liberal arts education holds purpose-giving and society-shaping power. But how do we make the most of liberal learning for the glory of God? Professor Gene Fant teaches how to maximize a liberal arts education by outlining its history, criticisms, purposes, and benefits. Ultimately, he shows that liberal learning equips us to become spiritually and intellectually empathetic people who are passionate about serving God, the church, and the world.
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Key Features
- Teaches how to make the most of liberal learning for the glory of God
- Provides a broad overview of modern academia from the Christian perspective
- Helps students engage with contemporary challenges to their faith in various academic fields
Contents
- The Beginning of Wisdom
- Christian Responses to the Rise of Liberal Learning
- What’s So Liberal about Liberal Learning?
- Wisdom and Liberal Learning
- General Revelation and Liberal Learning
- Liberal Learning and the Core Curriculum
- Current Opportunities for (and Challenges to) Liberal Learning
Praise for the Print Edition
Attention! The liberal arts are for everyone, especially Christians. They introduce us to all the personal dimensions that encompass our lives from beginning to end. But how is this so since so much of the liberal arts seem foreign to us as Christians? Begin with this book and find the answer. Then live out a rich life of knowledge and appreciation of what makes every life worth living.
—James W. Sire, author, The Universe Next Door and A Little Primer on Humble Apologetics/p>
- Title: The Liberal Arts: A Student’s Guide
- Author: Jr. Gene C. Fant
- Series: Reclaiming the Christian Intellectual Tradition
- Publisher: Crossway
- Print Publication Date: 2012
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Pages: 128
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Education, humanistic; Christian education; Education › Aims and objectives
- ISBNs: 9781433531231, 9781433531248, 9781433531255, 9781433531262, 1433531232, 1433531240, 1433531259, 1433531267
- Resource ID: LLS:LIBERALARTS
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-05-29T22:12:31Z
About Gene C. Fant Jr.
Gene C. Fant Jr. teaches literature at Union University, where he is vice president for academic administration. A prolific writer, he has earned degrees in Renaissance literature, biblical studies, English, anthropology, and education.