Outrageous Idea of Christian Teaching

Hundreds of thousands of professors claim Christian as their primary identity and teaching as their primary vocational responsibility. Yet in the contemporary university the intersection of these two identities often is a source of fear misunderstanding and moral confusion. How does being a Christian change one's teaching? Indeed should it? <p/>Inspired by George Marsden's 1997 book <em>The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship</em> this book draws on a survey of more than 2300 Christian professors from 48 different institutions in North America to reveal a wide range of thinking about faith-informed teaching. Placing these empirical findings alongside the wider scholarly conversation about the role of identity-informed teaching Perry L. Glanzer and Nathan F. Alleman argue that their Christian identity can and should inform professors' teaching in the contemporary pluralistic university. The authors provide a nuanced alternative to those who advocate for restraining the influence of one's extra-professional identity and those who in the name of authenticity promote the full integration of one's primary identity into the classroom. The book charts new ground regarding how professors think about Christian teaching specifically as well as how they should approach identity-informed teaching more generally.<br>