Sacred and Secular Tensions in Higher Education
eBook - ePub

Sacred and Secular Tensions in Higher Education

Connecting Parallel Universities

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Sacred and Secular Tensions in Higher Education

Connecting Parallel Universities

About this book

Both sacred and secular worldviews have long held a place in U.S. higher education, although non-religious perspectives have been privileged in most institutions in the modern era. Sacred and Secular Tensions in Higher Education illustrates the importance of cultivating multiple worldviews at public, private, and faith-based colleges and universities in the interest of academic freedom, and intellectual and moral dialogue.

Contributors to this edited collection argue that sacred perspectives are as integral to contemporary higher education in the United States as the more dominant secular perspectives. The debates and issues addressed in this book attempt to rebalance the dialogue and place an emphasis on pluralism, rather than declare victory of one paradigm over the other. Student affairs administrators, higher education and religious studies faculty, and campus ministers and chaplains will benefit from better understanding the interplay of these sometimes competing and sometimes complementary ideas on campus, and the impact of the debate on the lives of faculty, students, and staff.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2011
eBook ISBN
9781136846090
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education General

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures and Tables
  7. Permissions
  8. Preface
  9. 1. Sacred and Secular Tensions in Contemporary Higher Education
  10. 2. Taking the Tournament of Worldviews Seriously in Education
  11. 3. Teaching Spirituality in Public Higher Education
  12. 4. Understanding the ā€œInteriorā€ Life of Faculty
  13. 5. Inviting Atheists to the Table
  14. 6. Jesus, The Enlightenment, and Teaching World History
  15. 7. Evangelicals on Campus
  16. 8. Exploring Religious Pluralism in Higher Education
  17. 9. Spirituality and Religion
  18. 10. University Student Affairs Staff and their Spiritual Discussions with Students
  19. 11. Addressing the Identityā€“Relevance Dilemma
  20. 12. Exploring Spiritual Engagement at Secular Knox College
  21. Afterword
  22. Contributors
  23. Index