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Making Meaning - Embracing Spirituality, Faith, Religion, and Life Purpose in Student Affairs (Hardcover)
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Making Meaning - Embracing Spirituality, Faith, Religion, and Life Purpose in Student Affairs (Hardcover)
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This book addresses religion and secularism as critical and
contested elements of college student diversity. It both examines
why and how this topic has become an integral aspect of the field
of student affairs, and considers how scholars and practitioners
should engage in the discussion, as well as the extent to which
they should be involved in students' crises of faith, spiritual
struggles, and questions of life purpose. Part history of the
field, part prognostication for the future, the contributing
authors discuss how student affairs has reached this critical
juncture in its relationship with religious and secular diversity
and why this development is poised to create lasting change on
college campuses. Section I of this book focuses on the research on
spirituality, faith, religion, and life purpose; considers the
evolution of faith development theories from not only Christian
perspectives but Muslim, Jewish, atheist and other secular
worldviews; examines the influence of faith frames in students'
daily lives; and addresses the impact of campus climate for
religion/spirituality, as well as the relationship between
religious minority/majority status, on student outcomes. It
concludes by tracing the pendulum swing from higher education's
historical foundation in religion to the science-focused,
religion-averse 20th century, and now to a fragile middle position,
in which religious and secular diversity are being seriously
considered and embraced. Section II analyzes the role professional
associations play in advancing the student affairs field's
commitment to spirituality, faith and life purpose; the degree of
support they offer to practitioners as they examine their own
religious and secular identities, and envisages potential new
programming, resources, and networks. Section III describes a
number of programs and services developed by practitioners and
faculty members working in this area on their campuses; synthesizes
these developments for an examination of where best practices stand
today; and imagines the future of institutionalizing higher
education's support for students' explorations of spirituality,
faith, religion, and life purpose. Making Meaning provides a
comprehensive resource for student affairs scholars and
practitioners seeking to understand these topics and apply them in
their own research and daily work.
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