Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-181) and index.
Contents
Part 1 Religion in the Context of University Education -- 1 No Longer Invisible 3 -- 2 History of Religion in American Higher Education 16 -- 3 Trail Markers in a Time of Transition 31 -- 4 A Framework for Better Questions 46 -- Part 2 Six Sites of Engagement -- 5 Religious Literacy 59 -- 6 Interfaith Etiquette 73 -- 7 Framing Knowledge 92 -- 8 Civic Engagement 107 -- 9 Convictions 123 -- 10 Character and Vocation 137.
Summary
Drawing on interviews with hundreds of university professors co-curricular educators, administrators, and students from public and private colleges and universities across the United States, Douglas and Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen demonstrate that religion is essential for the work of higher education in the 21st century.
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