Resources for the Integration of Faith and Learning

On this site you will find links to many articles, Web sites, and other resources to help you in the process of integrating your faith with the knowledge claims you will encounter at college or the university.

My book, The Integration of Faith and Learning: A Worldview Approach (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2004), is now available. Get it here or from Amazon.com.

The Basics of Integration

• "Defining the Integration of Faith and Learning" [Requires Acrobat Reader]
• "The Integration of Faith and Learning"
• "Foundations for Faith-Learning Integration" [Requires Acrobat Reader]
• "Answering Objections to the Integration of Faith and Learning at Christian Colleges" [Requires Acrobat Reader]
• "A Summary Critique of the Fact/Value Dichotomy" [Requires Acrobat Reader]

Web Articles About Integration

• "Faith-Learning Integration: An Overview" William Hasker
• "Academic Integration and the Christian Scholar" J. P. Moreland
• "The Christian Scholar in the 21st Century" Alister McGrath
• "On Christian Scholarship" Alvin Plantinga
• "Integrating Faith and Learning in Higher Education" David S. Dockery
• "Philosophical Apologetics, the Church, and Contemporary Culture" J. P. Moreland
• "Nine Models of Faith Integration" Regent University [Requires Acrobat Reader]
• "Preliminary Considerations: On Scientific and Theological Method" John Byl
• "Supernatural Agency and the Modern Scientific Method" Michael A. Corey

Web Articles About Cultural and Worldview Issues

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• "A World Split Apart" Alexander Solzhenitsyn
• "Advice to Christian Philosophers" Alvin Plantinga
• "Lying in a Room of One's Own: How Women's Studies Textbooks Miseducate Students" Christine Stolba
• "Cultural Diversity: A World View" Thomas Sowell
• "The Breakdown of Religious Knowledge" Todd Kappelman
• "Darwin, Mind, and Meaning" Alvin Plantinga
• "Theism, Atheism, and Rationality" Alvin Plantinga
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Examples of Integrative Scholarship

• "So Help Me God: Substance Abuse, Religion, and Spirituality" [Requires Acrobat Reader]
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Scholarship and the Biblical View of Human Nature

• "Good Faith" Karl Zinsmeister [Summary of many studies about the effects of faith on living]
• "Hardwired to Connect: The New Scientific Case for Authoritative Communities" Institute for American Values

Book Reviews and Notes

• Books of Interest for the Integration of Faith and Learning
• Summary and Commentary on The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship" (George Marsden)
• Reviews and Applications of Four Through the Eyes of Faith Books (Biology, Business, Literature, Music)
• Notes for The Idea of a Christian College

Additional Discussion Questions for Robert A. Harris, The Integration of Faith and Learning

• Questions for Chapter 1: Backgrounds to Integration
• Questions for Chapter 2: Why Integrate Faith and Learning
• Questions for Chapter 3: Where Does Knowledge Come From?
• Questions for Chapter 4: Political and Social Influences on Knowledge
• Questions for Chapter 5: Worldview Foundations
• Questions for Chapter 6: Science and Scientific Naturalism
• Questions for Chapter 7: The Worldview of Postmodernism
• Questions for Chapter 8: The Worldview of Christianity
• Questions for Chapter 9: Evaluating Worldviews
• Questions for Chapter 10: Joining Faith and Learning
• Questions for Chapter 11: A Taxonomy for Worldview Integration
• Questions for Chapter 12: The Christian Touchstone
• Paper Topics

Web Sites with Articles on Integration

• Articles on Faith Integration from the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
• Articles on Christian Scholarship from The Real Issue
• Articles on Worldviews and Apologetics from Xenos
• Selected Issues of Faculty Dialog from ICL
• Biblical Integration Resources especially for K-12 education
• TransformingTeachers especially for K-12

Christian Worldview Web Sites

• Christian Leadership Ministries
• Doorway Papers
• Internet Christian Library
• Leadership University
• Xenos Christian Fellowship
• Campus Crusade for Christ
• InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
• The Navigators
• Reformed University Fellowship
• The Cultural Commission
• Reflections Ministries
• Boundless Webzine
• Mind Games Survival Course  Extensive reference materials for developing a Christian worldview and mind
• Summit Ministries
• Worldview Matters

Apologetics Web Sites

• Apologetics.com
• Apologetics.org
• Apologetics Information Ministries
• Apologetics Index
• Atlanta Christian Apologetics
• Academy of Christian Apologetics
• Center for Reformed Theology and Apologetics
• ChristianAnswers.Net
• Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry
• Probe Ministries
• Reasons to Believe
• Stand to Reason
• Tektonics.org

Faith and Science Integration Web Sites

• Access Research Network
• Answers in Genesis
• Center for Science and Culture
• International Society for Complexity, Information, and Design
• Origins.org

Online Periodicals

• Books and Culture
• BreakPoint Online
• Christianity Today
• First Things
• World Magazine

Bibliographies Relating to Integration

• "Faith and Learning" from Lee University [Requires Acrobat Reader]
• Faith and Learning Bibliographies from Union University
• "Bibliography for the Integration of Faith and Learning" Nyack College
• Integration Bibliographies by Discipline Waynesburg College
• Academic Integration Bibliography from Christian Leadership Ministries
• "A Brief Bibliography on Christian Higher Education" Baylor University
• Bibliography of Integration of Faith, Learning, and Life Cedarville College