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Title Sacred and secular tensions in higher education : connecting parallel universities / edited by Michael D. Waggoner
Published New York : Routledge, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages) : illustrations
Contents Sacred and secular tensions in contemporary higher education / Michael D. Waggoner -- Taking the tournament of worldviews seriously in education : why teaching about religion is not enough / Perry L. Glanzer -- Teaching spirituality in public higher education / Carney Strange and Judy Rogers -- Understanding the "interior" life of faculty : how important is spirituality? / Jennifer A. Lindholm and Helen S. Astin -- Inviting atheists to the table : a modest proposal for higher education / Robert J. Nash -- Jesus, the Enlightenment, and teaching world history : the struggles of an evangelical scholar? / Ralph E. Lentz II -- Evangelicals on campus : an exploration of culture, faith, and college life? / Alyssa N. Bryant -- Exploring religious pluralism in higher education : non-majority religious perspectives among entering first-year college students / Alyssa N. Bryant -- Spirituality and religion: through the eyes of the "hidden educators" / Christy Moran Craft -- University student affairs staff and their spiritual discussions with students / Jill Burchell, Jenny J. Lee, and Sara Olson -- Addressing the identity-relevance dilemma : religious particularity and pluralism at Presbyterian church-related colleges / Robert C. Spach -- Exploring spiritual engagement at secular Knox College / L. Sue Hulett
Summary Sacred and secular worldviews have long held a place in U.S. higher education, although non-religious perspectives have usually been privileged in the modern era. This book illustrates the importance of cultivating multiple worldviews
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States
Universities and colleges -- United States -- Religion
Religious pluralism -- United States
EDUCATION -- Higher.
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
Religious pluralism
Universities and colleges -- Religion
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Waggoner, Michael
LC no. 2010039711
ISBN 9780203833834
020383383X
9781136846106
1136846107
9781136846052
1136846050
9781136846090
1136846093