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Diversity and Pluralism - 11120092
12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED136678 AUTHOR: Elliott, T. Michael; And Others
TITLE: A College-Related Church. United Methodist
Perspectives.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1976
NOTE: 63 p.
AVAILABILITY: Office of Information and Publications, Board
of Higher Education and Ministry, P.O. Box 871, Nashville,
Tennessee 37203
ABSTRACT: Part One is an official statement on the mission
of the United Methodist Church in its institutions of
higher education, and asserts several reasons for the
church's direct involvement in colleges and universities.
That statement is supported by the four concept papers in
Part Two. From a theological perspective, because the world
is knowable and is the expression of God's Being and Will,
the Christian should seek to understand the world. The
Wesleyan tradition and heritage in education is one of
concern for the education of all persons, regardless of
ethnic, economic, or social background. The United
Methodist Church places high value on the individual's
spiritual, intellectual, esthetic, emotional, and physical
resources. Liberal arts education is supported as the best
means of developing these capacities. Church-related
institutions should emphasize value-centered inquiry.
Institutions independent of the state, including colleges
and universities, help to maintain personal and political
freedom. Independent colleges can more readily serve the
needs of particular ethnic, regional, or religious groups,
therefore helping to maintain cultural pluralism diversity
in educational opportunities, encourage educational
excellence, and provide a bulwark against potential state
infringement of academic freedom. (Author)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Cultural-Pluralism; Educational
Opportunities; Educational-Quality; Higher-Education;
Individual-Development; Values-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Academic-Freedom; *Church-Related
Colleges; *Liberal-Arts; *Private-Colleges; *Religious
Education
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