A Harvest of Humility: Agrarian Practice and Christian Higher Education
Humility, the keystone of the virtues in the Christian spiritual tradition, has been dismissed by modern philosophers, critiqued by feminist theologians, and overpowered by our industrial and technological culture. The incorporation of agricultural experience in Christian higher education presents t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Paternoster Periodicals
[2014]
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Journal of education & Christian belief
Year: 2014, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-40 |
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| Summary: | Humility, the keystone of the virtues in the Christian spiritual tradition, has been dismissed by modern philosophers, critiqued by feminist theologians, and overpowered by our industrial and technological culture. The incorporation of agricultural experience in Christian higher education presents the opportunity to cultivate anew the virtue of humility, properly understood not as a practice of self-abnegation but as a relation of the creature to the God who has gifted us with nourishing soil and deified us in Christ. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of education & Christian belief
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/205699711401800105 |