Sociology
A Seventh-day Adventist Approach for Students and Teachers
By Lionel Matthews
In this philosophical overview, Matthews examines key issues such as why Christians should study sociology, how sociology can facilitate faith integration, and how the church should relate to the challenge of postmodernism. His work is the third volume in the Faith and Learning series sponsored jointly by the Center for College Faith at Andrews University and the Institute for Christian Teaching of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
About the Faith & Learning Series
All teaching in Seventh-day Adventist institutions has an overriding goal of building faith not only in the Christian message but also in the Adventist understanding of Christianity and in its mission to the world. However, Adventist schools teach a broad range of subject matter, much of which is generally thought of as secular. The Adventist teacher must use a textbook that is written by scholars who are not necessarily believers and must deal with material that on the surface does not appear to have spiritual value. How then can Adventist teachers build faith in the essentials of Christianity and Adventism while at the same time covering the material essential for an understanding of the discipline? These volumes are intended to be supplements to which teachers and students can turn for insights about how to weave faith into their study. It holds that all truth is God’s truth if only with the eye of faith we can see beneath the surface of the apparently secular and discern that God is working there also.
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About This Book and Series
Foreword
Preface
Foreword
Preface
CHAPTER 1: Why Christians Should Study Sociology
CHAPTER 2: Christianity and the Sociological Perspective--Conflict or Confluence?
CHAPTER 3: The Church and the Sociological Connection
CHAPTER 4: Faith/Discipline Integration through Sociology
CHAPTER 5: Integrating Sociology with the Seventh-day Adventist Worldview
CHAPTER 6: Postmodernism, Adventism, and the Challenge of Integration
Recommended Reading
Useful Web Sites
APPENDIX A: The Institute for Christian Teaching
APPENDIX B: The Center for College Faith
Index
Title: Sociology: A Seventh-day Adventist Approach for Students and Teachers
Author: Lionel Matthews
ISBN-13: 978-1-883925-55-0
Year: 2006
Pages: 145
Author: Lionel Matthews
ISBN-13: 978-1-883925-55-0
Year: 2006
Pages: 145
