This list of suggested readings and other resources was originally created to accompany Micheal Hickerson’s seminar at Urbana 09, Serving Christ as a Professor: Ten Things You Need to Know. These resources may be especially helpful to undergraduates or others who are at the early stages of integrating their academic with their faith in Christ.
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The Life of the Mind
Kelly Monroe Kullberg, Finding God at Harvard (Rev. Ed., IVP, 2007)
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C. S. Lewis, “Learning in War-Time,” published in The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses
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——-, Mere Christianity (Available in many editions)
Charles Malik, A Christian Critique of the University (IVP, 1982).1
Mark Noll, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind (Eerdmans, 1994)
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James Sire, Habits of the Mind: Intellectual Life as a Christian Calling (IVP, 2000)
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——-, The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog, 5th Ed. (IVP, 2009)
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John Stott, Your Mind Matters (2nd Ed., IVP, 2006)
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Spiritual Formation
Bobby Gross, Living the Christian Year: Time to Inhabit the Story of God (IVP, 2009)
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Henri Nouwen, The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming (Image, 1994)
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J. I. Packer, Knowing God (Anniversary Edition, IVP, 1993)
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James K. A. Smith, Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation (Baker, 2009)
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Dallas Willard, Renovation of the Heart (NavPress, 2002)
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——-, The Spirit of the Disciplines (HarperSanFrancisco, 1988)
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Vocation and Calling
Andy Crouch, Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling (IVP, 2008)
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Os Guinness, The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose in Your Life (Thomas Nelson, 2003)
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Mary Poplin, Finding Calcutta (IVP, 2008)
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Gordon Smith, Courage and Calling: Embracing Your God-Given Potential (IVP, 1999)
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Flourishing in the Academy2
Paul Anderson, ed. Professors Who Believe: The Spiritual Journeys of Christian Faculty (IVP, 1998)
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Robert Boice, Advice for New Faculty Members (Allyn & Bacon, 2000)
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The Chronicle of Higher Education (especially the “On Hiring” section)
Steven Garber, The Fabric of Faithfulness: Weaving Together Belief And Behavior, (2nd Ed., IVP, 2007)
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James Lang, Life on the Tenure Track: Lessons from the First Year (Johns Hopkins, 2005)
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George Marsden, The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship (Oxford, 1998)
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Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture (Hyperion, 2008)
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Robert L. Peters, Getting What You Came For: The Smart Student’s Guide to Earning an M.A. or a Ph.D. (Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 1997)
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