2023 Conference Highlights: Higher Ed. - The University Next Door - Christian Education in the Modern World of Identity Politics - Mike Sugimoto

2023 Conference Highlights: Higher Ed. - The University Next Door - Christian Education in the Modern World of Identity Politics - Mike Sugimoto The third in our interim 'conference highlights' series, Professor Mike Sugimoto discusses the growing and tumultuous presence of identity politics within universities and its relationship to Christian education. Insightful, witty and well-paced, this lecture summarises recent approaches to education which place identity at the fore. Professor Sugimoto then goes on to offer a reasoned Christian alternative.  Mike Sugimoto is Professor of Asian Studies at Pepperdine University with a focus on cinema, sociology and philosophy. Click for slides.   The Rochester L'Abri Conference 2023. G.K Chesterton once wrote “Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.” And passing the baton onto the next generation has always been part of the Biblical mandate. Evangelicals have long wrestled with good models for educating minors, but arguably the greater challenge today is in higher education, and, equally, if we are to ‘disciple the nations’, then the Church’s role in shaping the mind of believers more generally is a critical issue. At this year’s Conference, we want to look at all aspects of a Christian approach to Education - its motives, methods and models.