The Schooled Heart: Moral Reformation in American Higher Education

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Contents Introduction: Retrieving the Tradition, Remembering the End Michael D. Beaty and Douglas V. Henry 1 Part I American Higher Education’s Unschooled Heart 1 Liberal Education, Moral Education, and Religion Warren A. Nord 29 2 Free Love and Christian Higher Education: Reflections on a Passage from Plato’s Theaetetus Robert C. Roberts 55 3 Returning Moral Philosophy to American Higher Education Nicholas K. Meriwether 73 4 Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana: Schooling the Heart in the Heart of Texas Stanley Hauerwas 103 vii viii Contents Part II Christian Resources for Moral Formation in the Academy 5 Wisdom, Community, Freedom, Truth: Moral Education and the “Schooled Heart” David Lyle Jeffrey 117 6 Tracking the Toxins of Acedia: Reenvisioning Moral Education Paul J. Wadell and Darin H. Davis 133 7 Could Humility Be a Deliberative Virtue? Shawn D. Floyd 155 8 Cultivating Humility: Teaching Practices Rooted in Christian Anthropology Stephen K. Moroney, Matthew P . Phelps, and Scott T. Waalkes 171 Notes 191 List of Contributors 223 Index 227 ...