The Two Tasks of the Christian Scholar

In 1980, Dr. Charles Malik gave a memorable and poignant address at the dedication of the Billy Graham Center on the campus of Wheaton College. He presented a challenge in two tasks: save the soul and save the mind. Malik believed that in order to evangelize the academic world, evangelism must learn to speak at an academic level. He called people to raise their level of thinking and sharpen their minds to this end.

In this book several contributors seek to apply this message to our current context. It is a call to academics especially to integrate Christian faith with their disciplines and to be intellectual in their faith for the purpose of communicating at the level of their peers and students.

Table of Contents
Contributors
Foreword: Reflections on Charles Malik Habib C. Malik
The Two Tasks Introduced: The Fully Integrated Life of the Christian Scholar Paul M. Gould
The Two Tasks Charles Malik
The Two Tasks Revisited: Being a Christian in the Era of Civilization Clashes Habib C. Malik
Where Would We Be Today If We Took Charles Malik's Christian Critique of the University to Heart? Peter Kreeft
On Being a Christian Professor in the Secular Academy Walter L. Bradley
Spherical Cows and Mars Hill: A Heuristic Approach to the Two Tasks Robert Kaita
The Text's the Thing: Reflections from the Humanities John North
Concluding Thoughts on the Two Tasks of the Christian Scholar William Lane Craig
General Index
Scripture Index