Religion matters
Subtitle: higher education for the 21st century
By: Douglas Jacobsen and Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen
Contributors: Jacobsen, Rhonda Hustedt
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780199844739
Subjects: Religion; Universities and colleges; Church and college
Description: "Drawing on conversations with hundreds of professors, co-curricular educators, administrators, and students from institutions spanning the entire spectrum of American colleges and universities, the Jacobsens illustrate how religion is constructively intertwined with the work of higher education in the twenty-first century. No longer invisible documents how, after decades when religion was marginalized, colleges and universities are re-engaging matters of faith - an educational development that is both positive and necessary. Religion in contemporary American life is now incredibly complex, with religious pluralism on the rise and the categories of "religious" and "secular" often blending together in a dizzying array of lifestyles and beliefs. . . . Faced with escalating pressures to focus solely on job training, American higher education may find that paying more careful and nuanced attention to religion is a prerequisite for preserving American higher education's longstanding commitment to personal, social, and civic learning." -- Book jacket.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: religion within higher education; title: Religion's "return"; title: The history of religion in american higher education; title: Trail markers in a time of transition; title: A framework for better questions; title: Religious literacy; title: Interfaith etiquette; title: Framing knowledge; title: Civic engagement; title: Convictions; title: Character and vocation; title: Conclusion: religion and the future of higher education.