Faculty Publications

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

January 2007

Abstract

A comparison of two approaches to academic writing and research pedagogies demonstrates that, for Vyhmeister, truth is to be found outside and above us--it is a process of discovery, while Hamilton's approach focuses on the spiritual formation of the writer and can be understood as reflecting a process of spiritual growth. A third approach, which I develop in this article, views academic writing and theological inquiry as a ministry, in which the writer is served by and, in turn, serves the community of faith for the purpose of building a corporate knowledge of God. Research is service and the dissemination of the knowledge of God in the corporate experience of the community of faith. Research-methods pedagogy will be enriched when all three research approaches are incorporated in the student's understanding of the academic-writing task.

Journal Title

Andrews University Seminary Studies

First Page

131

Last Page

142

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