"The Wiley Handbook of Christianity and Education" provides a resource for students and scholars interested in the most important issues, trends, and developments in the relationship between Christianity and education. It offers a historical understanding of these two intertwined subjects with a view to creating a context for the myriad…

The need for church-related colleges to assert their distinctive Christian agenda in the marketplace of higher education is explored. It is noted that the church-related college once followed notions that education should be value free and that academe should be divided into separate disciplines and specializations according to the…

Leadership has always had an important spiritual dimension. This book is about that dimension and how it continues to grow in importance. Leadership, as discussed, includes formal leading within education, government, business, and other fields, and general leading at any level. Part 1 of the book provides a general overview of the condition of…

The situation of the Christian college in an age of heightened educational competition, economic stress, and cultural pluralism is discussed. It is suggested that the task confronting the Christian colleges today is the achievement of excellence in both piety, learning, and educational service. After considering the fundamentals of Christian…