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Title:

The American university in a postsecular age / edited by Douglas Jacobsen, Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xii, 267 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Universities and colleges--Religion.
Church and education.

Other Authors:

Jacobsen, Douglas G. (Douglas Gordon), 1951-
Jacobsen, Rhonda Hustedt.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-254) and index.

Contents:

Postsecular America / Douglas Jacobsen and Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen -- The religious convictions of college and university professors / Neil Gross and Solon Simmons -- Can faith be more than a sideshow in the contemporary academy? / Robert Wuthnow -- A level playing field for religion in higher education / John J. DiIulio Jr. -- The ideals and diversity of church-related higher education / Douglas Jacobsen and Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen -- Why faculty find it difficult to talk about religion / Mark U. Edwards Jr. -- Faculty priorities / R. Eugene Rice -- The religious and spiritual journeys of college students / Larry A. Braskamp -- The different spirtualities of the students we teach / Robert J. Nash and DeMethra LaSha Bradley -- Spirituality, diversity, and learner-centered teaching / Elizabeth J. Tisdell -- Taking religion seriously in public universitites / Warren A. Nord -- Religious pluralism, the study of religion, and "postsecular" culture / Amanda Porterfield -- Professing understanding and professing faith / Lee S. Shulman -- Talking about religion / Douglas Jacobsen and Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen.

ISBN:

0195323440
9780195323443

LCCN:

2007025707

Locations:

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)