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Title

Religious pluralism in the academy : opening the dialogue / Robert J. Nash.

Author

Nash, Robert J.

Publication

New York : P. Lang, c2001.

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Description

viii, 224 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"This book argues that American colleges and universities need to enlarge their understanding of pluralism and multiculturalism by sponsoring open, challenging, spiritually and educationally revitalizing conversations among students about genuine religious difference. Although religious difference is a pivotal component of cultural pluralism, too often today it gets ignored, marginalized, or sugar-coated in higher education. Together administrators, faculty, and students must take the initiative to tranform the academy into an exciting space for robust and respectful religious dialogue throughout the campus. This book offers a number of concrete examples and strategies in each chapter for achieving this objective."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Studies in education & spirituality ; vol. 2

Uniform Title

Studies in education and spirituality ; v. 2.

Subject

• Religion in the public schools > United States
• Religious pluralism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-219) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. 1. The Cry for Meaning. Taking the World by the Throat. Taking the Plunge. Student Affairs Professionals: The "Hidden Educators" Overcoming Fear. Three Objectives in Writing This Book. My Preliminary Credo. Organization of the Book. A Note on Use of Resources. Definitions of Several Key Terms -- Ch. 2. The Paradox of Religious Pluralism. The Reality of Religious Pluralism on College Campuses: Promise or Peril? Is Conflict Among Religious Groups Inevitable? The Paradox of Religious Pluralism. Bounded Versus Unbounded Discourse. When Should Intolerance Replace Tolerance? Toward Unbounded Dialogue -- Ch. 3. Religions as Narratives (I): Three Mainstream Stories. The Indispensability of Stories. Narrative Construals of Reality. Six Types of Religious Stories That College Students Tell. Three Mainstream Stories. The Orthodoxy Narrative. The Wounded Belief Narrative. The Mainline Narrative -- Ch. 4. Religions as Narratives (II): Three Alternative Stories. Three Alternative Stories That Students Tell. The Activism Narrative. The Exploration Narrative. The Secular Humanism Narrative -- Ch. 5. The Role of Religion in Fostering Values on a Secular Campus. "I Am Comfortable Talking About Values...Not Religion" Learning About Earning Is Not What College Is All About. It Is Neither Possible Nor Desirable to Decouple Religion and Values. An Example of Coupling Values and Religion in a Colloquium. We Are All Values Educators. The Nineteenth-Century Capstone Seminar. Is the American Professoriate Actually Religio-Phobic? My Captone Seminar on Religion and Values. A Personal Memorandum to My Students on the Capstone -- Ch. 6. One Group, Many Truths: Constructing a Moral Conversation. "I'm Afraid to Open My Mouth in There for Fear of Getting Killed!" Moral Conversation Versus Adversarial Discourse. Six Principles of Moral Conversation. Are College Students Developmentally Ready for Moral Conversation? Establishing a Culture of Dialogue on College Campuses. The Widespread Yearning for Consoling Narratives of Meaning.

ISBN

082045592X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2001022294

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library