Called to Teach: Excellence, Commitment, and Community in Christian Higher Education

The call to teach means different things to different people. This collection contends, however, that, at the very least, faithful work in the teaching vocation involves excellence, commitment, and community. Representing diverse disciplines and institutional perspectives from a Christian research university, the contributors present reflections based on personal experience, empirical data, and theoretical models. This wide-ranging collection offers insight, encouragement, and a challenge to teachers in all areas of Christian higher education. Building upon the legacy of thoughtful teaching at Baylor University while looking toward the future of higher education, this collection is framed for Christians who teach in higher education but who are also committed to research and graduate training.

Christopher J. Richmann is affiliate faculty in Religion and Assistant Director for the Academy for Teaching and Learning at Baylor University. His articles have been published in Pneuma, the Journal of the European Pentecostal Association, the Wesleyan Theological Journal, and Lutheran Quarterly.