Getting Started With Faith Integration

The following selections are a starting point regarding the essential concepts for understanding faith integration. They are one set of doorways that will lead the Christian academic to a wide array of useful materials.

• Faith-Learning Integration: An Overview (PDF) by William Hasker
• King, D. W., Glanzer, P. L., Hoekema, D. A., Pattengale, J. A., Ream, T. C., & Steen, T. P. (Eds.). (2011). Taking Every Thought Captive: Forty Years of the Christian Scholar's Review. Abilene, TX: Abilene Christian University Press. Taking Every Thought Captive: Forty Years of the Christian Scholar's Review book
• Holmes, A.F. (1987). The Idea of a Christian College. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. The Idea of a Christian College book
• Hughes, R. (2005). The Vocation of the Christian Scholar: How Christian Faith Can Sustain the Life of the Mind. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. The Vocation of the Christian Scholar book
• Hughes, R.T. & Adrien, W.B. (Eds.). (1997). Models for Christian Higher Education: Strategies for Success in the Twenty-First Century. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. Buy it here!
• Marsden, G. (1997). The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship. New York: Oxford University Press. The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship book

Recommended Readings

• Models of Faith and Reason (PDF) by Steve Wilkens, PhD
• Integrating Faith and Learning (PDF) by Arthur Holmes

For additional recommended readings, see the Faith Integration Faculty Guidebook (PDF).

APU Library

Theological Library Faith Integration Resources and Updates on Faith and Scholarship

Internet Resources

• Scholarly Societies
• Faith Integration Links
• Integration of Faith and Learning (PDF) by Stephen Beers and Jane Beers