Editorial Board TORCH AND TRUMPET Dear Sirs: In his article, “A Christian Reformed University?” (June 1970) Professor Philip Born warns that “this and next year Synod may have to make fundamental decisions regarding the acceptance of non-Christian Reformed students and faculty at Calvin.” His warning surprised me, in that while there has been considerable discussion […]
As a community of Christian citizens, we believe that God has given certain basic responsibilities to parents in the education of their children. Parents are called by God to sec to it that their children are adequately educated. They are also responsible to God for determining the religious direction of their children’s education. We believe […]
Man’s greatest embarrassment in education today is his failure to find a satisfactory relation between religion and learning. Man is naturally, ineradicably religious. Yet he wants to free education completely from sectarian influences and therefore takes it out from under the aegis of religion. When he dismisses religion by sending it out the front door, however, […]
Professor Emerson W. Shideler, in setting forth a Protestant doctrine of education,1 claims to have found the way out of the dilemma of teaching religion in the public schools. If we accept his conception of education as conscious training in making decisions, we shall not be forced to deny the authenticity of our religious claims […]
This is the first of a series of three articles that deal with a very important theory of education. The second and third articles will appear in the February and March issues respectively. Ed. It is now thought possible that one can teach objectively and still be loyal to his religious allegiances and ideals. Upon the […]
People who belong to the Reformed community have become thoroughly accustomed to the use of the words REFORMED and CHRISTIAN. This is especially true of those who belong to the Christian Reformed Church. We wish to submit in this article some reflections on the historical meaning and the current use of these two terms. It may be […]