The Impact of Academic Research

On Character Formation, Ethical Education, and the Communication of Values in Late Modern Pluralistic Societies

edited by William Schweiker, Michael Welker, John Witte and Stephen Pickard

Book cover: The Impact of Academic Research

Extent: 280 pages

Publisher: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt

Subjects: Religious Studies, Social Sciences 

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(February 2021)

ISBN: 9783374068036

Price: $39.00

In stock

This volume addresses whether, how, and where academic research has an impact on ethical education, character formation, and the communication of values in late modern pluralistic societies. It reflects the great impacts of a global network of research universities, with the enormous range from the natural sciences to mathematics, historical and theological investigations. It offers praises of the institutionalized impact of the search for truth and the defense of tested truth-claims, but also skeptical voices with respect to the ethical impact of academic research today. With contributions by Stefan Alkier (Frankfurt), Rudiger Bittner (Bielefeld), Celia Deane-Drummond (Oxford), Bernold Fiedler (Berlin), Andreas Glaeser (Chicago), Gary Hauk (Atlanta), Jorg Hufner (Heidelberg), Michael Kirschfink (Heidelberg), Andreas Schule (Leipzig), William Schweiker (Chicago), Michael Welker (Heidelberg), and John Witte, Jr. (Atlanta).

  • Edited by Stephen Pickard
  • Edited by William Schweiker
  • Edited by Michael Welker
  • Edited by John Witte