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Harold Heie (Author)
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August 30, 2007

“A gifted story teller, Harold Heie narrates the experiences of a lifetime as college teacher and administrator that taught him the way of peaceful and respectful conversation. His story is fascinating, his wit and wisdom priceless, his advice seasoned and sane. Inviting us into conversations he creates, he shows how it is done, and pleads with us to do likewise.”
—Arthur Holmes, professor of philosophy emeritus, Wheaton College

“Harold Heie treats us to an always-engrossing personal tale that speaks to everyone. Heie has a dream (we see it take shape), but he convinces us that openness to other visions—respectful conversation among us all—is vital for any earthly good that lies ahead. Heie’s eloquent plea for commitment and openness will prove contagious and revolutionary.”
—Paul Borgman, professor of English, Gordon College

“Harold Heie writes with conviction, clarity, grace and humility, blending rich personal narrative with intellectual and spiritual force. This book should be required reading for all faculty, administrators, staff and trustees who are leaders in Christian higher education. Beware! It may change your view of leadership.”
—Ronald Mahurin, vice president, Council for Christian Colleges & Universities

“Truth be told, the Truth is not in us. But it has found a good home in its servant, Harold Heie. He embodies his own teaching.”
—From the Forward, Stan Gaede, scholar-in-residence, Gordon College. President, 2001–2006, Westmont College


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About the Author

Harold Heie is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Christian Studies at Gordon College (MA) and the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities. Now living in Orange City, Iowa, he served for forty years as a teacher and academic administrator at Gordon College, The King’s College (NY), Northwestern College (IA), and Messiah College (PA).

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  • Paperback: 254 pages
  • Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (August 30, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0595455468
  • ISBN-13: 978-0595455461
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,970,213 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Teaching, Learning, & Shalom, February 26, 2011
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Frederic C Putnam (Hatfield, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Learning to Listen, Ready to Talk: A Pilgrimage Toward Peacemaking (Paperback)
Harold Heie taught at The King's College and Gordon College, and was chief academic officer at Northwestern (Iowa) and Messiah Colleges, before becoming the Founding Director of the Center for Christian Studies at Gordon College, retiring in 2003. In this book he summarizes what he learned in more than forty years in the world of Christian academe.

In the first half he sketches his career, describing "seeds"--germs of thought--that were planted through his time at each institution, as well as four sets of what he calls "lived beliefs", which amount to a personal ethic oriented around the idea that the Christian's calling is to participate in the work of God, who is restoring all things in Christ. This conviction leads him to seek to foster restorative conversations among those who disagree, but who will, through thoughtful conversation, come not only to a better undestanding of each other's convictions, but also to the realization that they actually agree on some things.

He addresses practical issues, such as evangelicals (he calls himself a "chastened evangeliclal") and politics, the Church and homosexuality, evaluating competing claims to knowledge (the title of ch. 18), justice and peace (ch. 20-21), and Christian higer education (ch. 22-23).

His purpose is not merely inter-Christian dialogue, however, but respectful conversations between Christians and those of other faiths ... or those who claim no faith at all, based on the conviction that the restorative power of the Gospel of Christ begins when Christians love their neighbour as themselves--love them in such a way that they are willing to listen to them in order to learn from and understand them, not in order to convert them. If the world is indeed the result of the creative act of a personal God, then we should expect that the same issues should deeply concern every human being, even if his or her belief system leads to different expressions of those concerns.

This book will confront and challenge, and encourage, everyone who reads it with a mind to learn to listen ... in order to talk. I recommend it most highly.
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chief academic officer, learning leadership, perspectival scholarship, tragic moral choice, evaluating competing claims, worldview commitments, larger academy, restorative purposes, restorative values, respectful conversation, lived beliefs, secular dogmas, faculty scholarship, welcoming space, academic insights, extraordinary evil, truncated view, public rationale
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Jesus Christ, United States, The King's College, David Wolfe, Old Testament, Northwestern College, Sunday School, George Marsden, Gordon College, Nick Wolterstorff, Messiah College, New York, Holy Spirit, Briarcliff Manor, Jim Wallis, First Amendment, Professor Waller, Needing To Know, Learning After Schooling, New Testament, President Hostetter, Some Christians, Peter Principle, Bear Relieve Himself, Norwegian Americans
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