Integrating Faith and Learning                                 

                                                                                                                                                              Vol. XV, No. 1, January 2002

 Following is the concluding paragraph of “Integrating Faith and Learning” which appeared in the Fall 2000 issue of Faith & Mission, the theological journal of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.

    Learning shaped and formed by faith results in living that is shaped and formed by faith. The integration of faith and learning forms the foundation of Christian higher education and shapes its purpose and goal. Some would see faith and learning as contradictions that cannot exist together. Others would suggest they are two separate spheres that cannot coexist. Still others, in some postmodern way, might try to commingle what they still perceive to be contradictions. On the other hand, we maintain boldly that faith and learning must be held together. Without the marriage of these essentials there is no authentic Christian (Baptist) higher education. The church must again reconnect with the university so a new generation can learn to think Christianly in order to impact the world for good with the truth of the gospel.