Religion In The University

Author : Nicholas Wolterstorff
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Academic freedom
ISBN : 9780300243703

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Religion in the University by Nicholas Wolterstorff Pdf

From one of the world's leading philosophers, this is a powerful defense of religion's role within the modern university What is religion's place within the academy today? Are the perspectives of religious believers acceptable in an academic setting? In this lucid and penetrating essay, Nicholas Wolterstorff ranges from Max Weber and John Locke to Ludwig Wittgenstein and Charles Taylor to argue that religious orientations and voices do have a home in the modern university, and he offers a sketch of what that home should be like. He documents the remarkable changes have occurred within the academy over the past five decades with regard to how knowledge is understood. During the same period, profound philosophical advancements have also been made in our understanding of religious belief. These shifting ideals, taken together, have created an environment that is more pluralistic than secular. Tapping into larger debates on freedom of expression and intellectual diversity, Wolterstorff believes a scholarly ethic should guard us against becoming, in Weber's words, "specialists without spirit and sensualists without heart."

Author : Conrad Cherry,Betty A. DeBerg,Amanda Porterfield
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003-08-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 0807855006

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Religion on Campus by Conrad Cherry,Betty A. DeBerg,Amanda Porterfield Pdf

The first intensive, close-up investigation of the practice and teaching of religion at American colleges and universities, Religion on Campus is an indispensable resource for all who want to understand what religion really means to today's undergr

Author : Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen,Douglas Jacobsen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199844746

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No Longer Invisible by Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen,Douglas Jacobsen Pdf

Winner of a 2013 American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Award 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. Using the categories of historic religion, public religion, and personal religion, No Longer Invisible offers a new framework for understanding this emerging religious terrain, a framework that can help colleges and universities-and the students who attend them-interact with religion more effectively. The stakes are high: 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.

Author : Darryl G. Hart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : UVA:X004324701

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The University Gets Religion by Darryl G. Hart Pdf

"The first sustained history of the academic study of religion at American universities, The University Gets Religion: Religious Studies in American Higher Education is a timely book that explores the present-day implications of religious studies' Protestant past."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Linell E. Cady,Delwin Brown
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2002-10-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 079145522X

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Religious Studies, Theology, and the University by Linell E. Cady,Delwin Brown Pdf

Explores the relationship between religious studies and theology and the place of each in the modern, secular university.

Author : Donald Wiebe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781350103450

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The Learned Practice of Religion in the Modern University by Donald Wiebe Pdf

In these essays, Donald Wiebe unveils a significant problem in the academic study of religion in colleges and universities in North America and Europe - that studies almost always exhibit a religious bias. To explore this issue, Wiebe looks at the religious and moral agendas behind the study of religion, showing that the boundaries between the objective study of religion and religious education as a tool for bettering society have become blurred. As a result, he argues, religious studies departments have fostered an environment where religion has become a learned or scholarly practice, rather than the object of academic scrutiny. This book provides a critical history of the failure of 20th- and 21st-century scholars to follow through on the 19th-century ideal of an objective scientific study of religious thought and behaviour. Although emancipated from direct ecclesiastical control and, to some extent, from sectarian theologizing, Wiebe argues that research and scholarship in the academic department of religious studies has failed to break free from religious constraints. He shows that an objective scientific study of religious thought and practice is not only possible, but the only appropriate approach to the study of religious phenomena.

Author : Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen,Douglas Jacobsen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780199977130

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No Longer Invisible by Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen,Douglas Jacobsen Pdf

Winner of a 2013 American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Award 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. Using the categories of historic religion, public religion, and personal religion, No Longer Invisible offers a new framework for understanding this emerging religious terrain, a framework that can help colleges and universities-and the students who attend them-interact with religion more effectively. The stakes are high: 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.

Author : Douglas Jacobsen,Rhonda Jacobsen,Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008-02-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780195323443

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The American University in a Postsecular Age by Douglas Jacobsen,Rhonda Jacobsen,Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen Pdf

Religion has made a comeback in American society and on university campuses. How should higher education respond? Contributors:athers essays from prominent scholars and educators who unpack the key issues.

Author : Sophie Gilliat-Ray
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351749268

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Religion in Higher Education by Sophie Gilliat-Ray Pdf

This title was first published in 2000. The place of religion in universities and institutes of higher education has become increasingly topical and contested in recent years, largely due to the growth of religious diversity on campus. Issues such as shared worship spaces, equal opportunities, and the management of inter-religious conflict, concern university administrators and students alike. Based on primary empirical research, this book indicates the need for clear guidelines on these issues and provides the data to inform policy-making. Offering the first study of the practical and sociological implications of the multi-faith campus, this book provides a context for examining some of the dynamics of religious diversity in Britain more generally as well as providing a useful analysis for the wider international context. Key themes covered include: religion in institutions; inter-faith relations; the changing roles of religious professionals; secularisation and resacralisation; and religion, youth and identity.

Author : C. John Sommerville
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006-06-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 0195306953

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The Decline of the Secular University by C. John Sommerville Pdf

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Author : Charles Moeller (theologian.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:57129573

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Religion and the University by Charles Moeller (theologian.) Pdf

Author : Mathew Guest,Kristin Aune,Sonya Sharma,Rob Warner
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781780936390

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Christianity and the University Experience by Mathew Guest,Kristin Aune,Sonya Sharma,Rob Warner Pdf

What impact does the experience of university have on Christian students? Are universities a force for secularisation? Is student faith enduring, or a passing phase? Universities are often associated with a sceptical attitude towards religion. Many assume that academic study leads students away from any existing religious convictions, heightening the appeal of a rationalist secularism increasingly dominant in wider society. And yet Christianity remains highly visible on university campuses and continues to be a prominent identity marker in the lives of many students. Analysing over 4,000 responses to a national survey of students and nearly 100 interviews with students and those working with them, this book examines Christianity in universities across England. It explores the beliefs, values and practices of Christian students. It reveals how the university experience influences their Christian identities, and the influence Christian students have upon university life. Christianity and the University Experience makes fascinating reading for anyone interested in the survival and evolution of religion in the contemporary world. It offers fresh insights relevant to those working with Christian students, including churches, chaplaincies and student organisations, as well as policy-makers and university managers interested in the significance of religion for education, social responsibility and social cohesion.

Author : Mervyn Davies,Oliver D. Crisp,Gavin D'Costa,Peter Hampson
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567345899

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Christianity and the Disciplines by Mervyn Davies,Oliver D. Crisp,Gavin D'Costa,Peter Hampson Pdf

This volume will show how various intellectual disciplines (most found within the modern university) can learn from theology and philosophy in primarily methodological and substantitive terms. It will explore the possible ways in which current presuppositions and practices of the displine might be challenged. It will also indicate the possibilities of both a "Christian Culture" in relation to that discipline or the way in which that discipline might look within a real or theoretical Christian university.

Author : William E. Arnal,Willi Braun,Russell T. McCutcheon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317543954

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Failure and Nerve in the Academic Study of Religion by William E. Arnal,Willi Braun,Russell T. McCutcheon Pdf

Failure and Nerve in the Academic Study of Religion presents a provocative critique of the unwillingness of modern scholars to publically distinguish research into comparative religion from confessional studies written within denominationally-affiliated institutions. The book offers the 19th Century founders of the study of religion as a bracing corrective to contemporary timidity. The issue was analysed and documented by Wiebe a quarter of a century ago. Here, marking Wiebe's work, a wide range of contributors reassess the methodology and ambition of contemporary religious research. The book argues that conceptualizing religion as part of the world of human action and experience is the first requirement of the study of religion.

Author : Michael D. Waggoner,Nathan C. Walker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199386826

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The Oxford Handbook of Religion and American Education by Michael D. Waggoner,Nathan C. Walker Pdf

From the founding of Harvard College in 1636 as a mission for training young clergy to the landmark 1968 Supreme Court decision in Epperson v. Arkansas, which struck down the state's ban on teaching evolution in schools, religion and education in the United States have been inextricably linked. Still today new fights emerge over the rights and limitations of religion in the classroom. The Oxford Handbook of Religion and American Education brings together preeminent scholars from the fields of religion, education, law, and political science to craft a comprehensive survey and assessment of the study of religion and education in the United States. The essays in the first part develop six distinct conceptual lenses through which to view American education, including Privatism, Secularism, Pluralism, Religious Literacy, Religious Liberty, and Democracy. The following four parts expand on these concepts in a diverse range of educational frames: public schools, faith-based K-12 education, higher education, and lifespan faith development. Designed for a diverse and interdisciplinary audience, this addition to the Oxford Handbook series sets for itself a broad goal of understanding the place of religion and education in a modern democracy.