Religion on Our Campuses : A Professor's Guide to Communities, Conflicts, and Promising Conversations / by Mark U. Edwards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edwards, Mark U.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geology, Structural.

Astronomy.

Astrophysics.

Educational sociology.

Religion and sociology.

Education, Higher.

Religion.

Structural Geology.

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

Sociology of Education.

Sociology of Religion.

Higher Education.

Religious Studies, general.

Local Subjects:

Structural Geology.

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

Sociology of Education.

Sociology of Religion.

Higher Education.

Religious Studies, general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (X, 206 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Part I: Cautions

1 Cautionary Tales

2 Encounters

Part II: Communities

3 Religious Formation

4 Disciplinary Formation

5 Institutional Settings

Part III: Individuals

6 Narrative Identity

7 Inclinations

Part IV: Implications

8 Community Warrant

9 Academic Freedom

10 Reticence

11 In the Classroom

Conclusion

Appendix 1 Advice for Seminar Leaders

Appendix 2 How and Why I Became an Academic?

Notes

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-201) and index.

ISBN:

9781403972101

1403972109

9780230601109

0230601103