Require the book “Why College Matters to God”.Read chapters 1 and 2.

Question 15 PointsAll education includes a faith commitment. 

True

False

Question 25 PointsLiberal arts learning is best defined by:

The breadth of study.

The context of learning in community.

1. The purpose of developing as a whole person

All of the above 

Question 35 PointsThe earliest colleges in America were founded only to train leaders for the church.

True

False

Question 45 PointsAccording to the video clip from the Marvel movie, our ability to act as responsible people depends on our ability to do the hard work of learning. A liberal arts education is designed to help students achieve this.

1. True

False

Question 55 PointsIn your reading you encountered a quotation by the Dutch polymath Abraham Kuyper. Fill in the blanks to complete this famous quotation about the Christian imperative to learn: “There is not a square Blank 1 on the whole plain of Blank 2 existence over which Blank 3, who is Lord of all, does not proclaim, ‘This is Blank 4!’”

1. Blank 1

Blank 2

Blank 3

1. Blank 4

Question 65 PointsAccording to Ostrander, what led to the secularization of former Christian colleges?

Rigorous academics

Rigorous academics without application to life

Decline in community service

Attempting to integrate faith with learning

1. Question 75 PointsAccording to Ostrander, some Christian colleges responded to secularization in higher education by disguising, or hiding, their religious identity. 

True

False

Question 85 PointsOstrander stated that some Christian colleges responded to secularizing trends by taking up a defensive posture that also included: 

1. Apologetics

Anti-intellectualism 

Research initiatives 

Protests 

1. Question 95 PointsThink back to the devotional from this week. Share one meaningful insight that helped you this week as you prepared to study.

Question 105 PointsRefer to your lectures for this week to answer this question: How has the modern worldview (also called the postmodern worldview) affected education? In your answer, discuss some of the truth sources found in the modern worldview. Cite specific repercussions for education that this worldview has created.