Koinonia and Research: The Role of Community in Providing a Voice in the Academy

Abstract

The key activities of a university professor are generally viewed to be teaching, service, and research/scholarship. Christian business faculty members are thought to excel at the first two, but what about research/scholarship? The purpose of this paper is to address the obstacles that Christian professors may encounter as they strive to fulfill their God-given vocation of scholarship. The paper begins by examining the rationale for Christian business faculty members’ involvement in scholarly activities and explores the role of koinonia, the community that is expressed through the love of God, in overcoming obstacles to their involvement.