Leadership and the Liberal Arts: An Education to Last a Lifetime

In Leadership and the Liberal Arts, Gayle Beebe, president of Westmont College, brings together a diverse group of experienced educators from disciplines including theology, history, biblical studies, and philosophy to mathematics, chemistry, politics, economics, and more.

These experts explore the essential role of Christian liberal arts today and show that in this centuries-old tradition study is never just for knowledge itself, but always a means to something more: moral education, vocational aptitude, and knowledge of God. (From the publisher)

Edited reflections on leadership include thoughts from Westmont's Gayle Beebe as well as Westmont faculty.

Chapters:

1. The Liberal Arts and Scripture
Tremper Longman
2. Knowing God Structures Meaning: Theology in the Liberal Arts
Telford Work
3. Jesus Through the Centuries: A View of History to Knowing God
Helen Rhee
4. Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric, and Ethics: The Verbal Arts and the Greater Good
Jim Taylor
5. Mathematics: The Abstract Arts and Our Life with God
Russell Howell
6. Rejoicing in the World, His Earth: The Liberal Arts, the Pleasures of Science, and God's Good Creation
Jeff Schloss
7. The Social Sciences and Our Hope for Human Flourishing
Jesse Covington
8. The Creative Arts as Formative Arts
Daniel Gee
9. The Liberal Arts and Modern Capitalism: The Case for Economic Well-Being and Human Flourishing
Rick Ifland
10. The Technological Arts and the Frontiers of New Knowledge: AI, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, and Decision Science
Reed Sheard
11. Bringing Learning to Life: The Art of the Curricular and Cocurricular Partnership
Kimberly Denu and Edee Schulze
12. The Liberal Arts and Life with Christ
Steve Porter