Faith & Scholarship
Baylor's unique investment in groups like the Baptist College & University Scholars along with the Baptist Scholars International Roundtable provides graduate students and faculty opportunities to share and preserve Baptist heritage from a local and international perspective.
Unveil the depths of faith and scholarship through the Conyers Graduate Scholars Program. Baylor's intensive offering nurtures inquisitive doctoral students, fostering thought leadership in faith, learning, vocation, and academia.
The Ramm Scholars Program cultivates engaging faith-science dialogues. Through dinners and seminars, participants explore historical and contemporary intersections, fostering multidisciplinary discussions to nurture informed perspectives for future leaders.
Other Resources
Baylor University Office of Spiritual Life
The Office of Spiritual Life offers programs, persons, and resources to nurture theological depth, spiritual wholeness, and missional living in students, faculty, and staff.
Informal Studies and Lunches
The Graduate Student Association partners with Spiritual Life and UNITE Graduate Intervarsity to offer weekly Bible studies and monthly graduate community lunches for students.
Watch for announcements about "Unite InterVarsity Bible Study", "UNITE InterVarsity Lunches" and "The Table" in the GSA Newsletter and social media, as well as the Graduate School newsletter the Two Week Outlook.
Selected Readings on Faith & Scholarship
- Augustine, St., & R P H Green. (2008). On Christian teaching. Oxford University Press.
- Crisp, O., Williams, R., & Al, E. (2013). Theology and philosophy: Faith and reason. Bloomsbury T & T Clark.
- Eifler, K. E., & Landy, T. M. (2014). Becoming beholders: Cultivating sacramental imagination and actions in college classrooms. Liturgical Press.
- Gamble, R. M. (2008). The great tradition: Classic readings on what it means to be an educated human being. Isi Books.
- Glanzer, P. L. & Alleman, N. F. (2019). The outrageous idea of Christian teaching. Oxford University Press.
- Glanzer, P. L., Alleman, N. F., & Ream, T. C. (2017). Restoring the soul of the university: Unifying Christian higher education in a fragmented age. IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press.
- Marsden, G. M. (1998). The outrageous idea of christian scholarship. Oxford University Press.
- Marsden, G. M. (2021). Soul of the American university revisited : from Protestant to postsecular. Oxford University Press.
- Newman, J. H. (1873). The idea of a university. Cluny Media, LLC.
- Smith, D. (2018). On Christian teaching: Practicing faith in the classroom. W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
- Smith, D., & Smith, J. K. A. (2011). Teaching and Christian practices: Reshaping faith and learning. W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.