No Longer Invisible: Religion in University Education
Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen and Douglas Jacobsen
Abstract
Religion is a major force in the contemporary world, and the college and universities that are preparing society’s future leaders must learn how to engage with religion in all its forms, both positive and negative. This book uses careful definitions of historic, public, and personal religion along with illustrations drawn from campuses across the country to show how religion has the potential to enhance American higher education. The first half of the book focuses on the history and current context of religion (and secularism) in American society as a whole and within higher education in par ... More
Religion is a major force in the contemporary world, and the college and universities that are preparing society’s future leaders must learn how to engage with religion in all its forms, both positive and negative. This book uses careful definitions of historic, public, and personal religion along with illustrations drawn from campuses across the country to show how religion has the potential to enhance American higher education. The first half of the book focuses on the history and current context of religion (and secularism) in American society as a whole and within higher education in particular. The second half of the volume explores six key topics where religion intersects with the goals of college and university education: religious literacy, interfaith etiquette, framing knowledge, civic engagement, convictions, and character and vocation. Drawing on conversations with hundreds of university professors, co-curricular educators, administrators, and students across the United States, the book develops a framework for conducting fruitful conversations about religion in higher education.
Keywords:
religion,
higher education,
interfaith,
spirituality,
convictions,
pluralism,
religious studies,
civic engagement,
vocation
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2012 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199844739 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2012 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199844739.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen, author
Messiah College
Douglas Jacobsen, author
Messiah College
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