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"Find the sick, the suffering and the lonely right there where you
are. . . . You can find Calcutta all over the world, if you have
the eyes to see." --Mother Teresa Lifelong educator Mary Poplin,
after experiencing a newfound awakening to faith, sent a letter to
Calcutta asking if she could visit Mother Teresa and volunteer with
the Missionaries of Charity. She received a response saying, "You
are welcome to share in our works of love for the poorest of the
poor." So in the spring of 1996, Poplin spent two months in
Calcutta as a volunteer. There she observed Mother Teresa's life of
work and service to the poor, participating in the community's
commitments to simplicity and mercy. Mother Teresa's unabashedly
religious work stands in countercultural contrast to the
limitations of our secular age. Poplin's journey gives us an inside
glimpse into one of the most influential lives of the twentieth
century and the lessons Mother Teresa continues to offer. Upon
Poplin's return, she soon discovered that God was calling her to
serve the university world with the same kind of holistic service
with which Mother Teresa served Calcutta. Not everyone can go to
Calcutta. But all of us can find our own meaningful work and
service. Come and answer the call to findyour Calcutta
Highly Effective Teachers of Vulnerable Students contains the
quintessential details of highly effective teachers working with
students who live in poverty inside our public schools and
community colleges. This book features the words and actions of the
teachers that can inspire and direct any current or future teacher
who wants to be great and be a part of inspiring young people to
fulfill their potential. This is the grist we need to spark a
reinvigorated critical national conversation about what it takes to
really have highly effective teachers in low-income public schools
and whether we have the moral courage to work as hard as they do to
make educational equity a reality in our nation.
Highly Effective Teachers of Vulnerable Students contains the
quintessential details of highly effective teachers working with
students who live in poverty inside our public schools and
community colleges. This book features the words and actions of the
teachers that can inspire and direct any current or future teacher
who wants to be great and be a part of inspiring young people to
fulfill their potential. This is the grist we need to spark a
reinvigorated critical national conversation about what it takes to
really have highly effective teachers in low-income public schools
and whether we have the moral courage to work as hard as they do to
make educational equity a reality in our nation.
Christianity and the Secular Border Patrol: The Loss of
Judeo-Christian Knowledge centrally looks at how secular
universities have dominated academic knowledge on the one hand and
have also been a part of bias against Christian academics on the
other. Authors generally ask for borders of understanding and
collegial dialogue to bridge gaps of knowledge that exist because
of this bias. Theoretical analysis and narratives from the field
describe how overcoming extreme theoretical positions may allow for
productive knowledge construction and a more harmonious
relationship within the culture wars of our times, especially in
higher education.
Christianity and the Secular Border Patrol: The Loss of
Judeo-Christian Knowledge centrally looks at how secular
universities have dominated academic knowledge on the one hand and
have also been a part of bias against Christian academics on the
other. Authors generally ask for borders of understanding and
collegial dialogue to bridge gaps of knowledge that exist because
of this bias. Theoretical analysis and narratives from the field
describe how overcoming extreme theoretical positions may allow for
productive knowledge construction and a more harmonious
relationship within the culture wars of our times, especially in
higher education.
What is the nature of reality? At the root of our society's deepest
political and cultural divisions are the conflicting principles of
four global worldviews. While each of us holds to some version of
one of these worldviews, we are often unconscious of their
differences as well as their underlying assumptions. Mary Poplin
argues that the ultimate test of a worldview, philosophy or
ideology is whether it corresponds with reality. Since different
perspectives conflict with each other, how do we make sense of the
differences? And if a worldview system accurately reflects reality,
what implications does that have for our thinking and living? In
this wide-ranging and perceptive study, Poplin examines four major
worldviews: naturalism, humanism, pantheism and Judeo-Christian
theism. She explores the fundamental assumptions of each, pressing
for limitations. Ultimately she puts each perspective to the test,
asking, what if this worldview is true? If reality is secular, that
means something for how we orient our lives. But if reality is not
best explained by secular perspectives, that would mean something
quite different. Consider for yourself what is the fundamental
substance of reality.
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