Religion on Our Campuses

A Professor's Guide to Communities, Conflicts, and Promising Conversations
2006. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-4039-7209-5
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 336 g

What is the appropriate role of religion in scholarship and teaching? Covering topics ranging from religious influences in faculty lives to questions of academic freedom, proselytization, and appropriate limits to religious expression within the Academy, this book seeks to promote faculty self-awareness and encourage dialogue with colleagues.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Loparo, Kenneth A

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction PART I: CAUTIONS Cautionary Tales Encounters PART II: COMMUNITIES Religious Formation Disciplinary Formation College or University PART III: INDIVIDUALS Narrative Identity Inclinations PART IV: IMPLICATIONS Community Warrant Academic Freedom Reticence In the Classroom Conclusion Appendix One: Advice for Seminar Leaders Appendix Two: How and Why I Became an Academic

Über Autor(innen)

MARK U. EDWARDS, JR. is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Harvard Divinity School and President Emeritus of St. Olaf College, USA.