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
Recommended Citation
Robertson, Terry Dwain, "Academic writing and theological inquiry" (2007). Faculty Publications. 5.
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/library-pubs/5