Policy Question

Marsden Reflection Paper Assignment

Overview

What relevance does Christianity have to the life and work of the Christian scholar? Is Christian scholarship different from that of the non-Christian? Do Christian scholars have something to contribute to the academic community? These important questions, and others, are the focus of George Marsdens The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship(Oxford, 1997). In this assignment, you will discuss the aforementioned questions while engaging Marsdens arguments and articulating your own understanding of what it means to think and do scholarship Christianly.

Instructions

For this assignment, you will begin by summarizing and evaluating Marsdens arguments. In the course of your discussion, you are to clearly describe how a Christian worldview shapes your own scholarship, both in terms of epistemology and in terms of the focus of your own research. The goal of your paper is to articulate the value and relevance of Christian scholarship. In the course of your discussion, you should also briefly identify challenges to the Christian scholar and Christian scholarship that are recent and may not have existed when Marsdens book was published.

To successfully complete this assignment, you must first carefully read Marsdens book.

In addition, this assignment should:

Include 12-14 pages, double-spaced, not counting any title page or references/works cited page.

Be prepared in current APA format.

Include at least 3 to 5 scholarly sources in addition to the Marsden book.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.

Requirements: 14

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