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Making Meaning: Embracing Spirituality, Faith, Religion, and Life Purpose in Student Affairs

Copyright © 2015 by ACPA-College Student Educators International ;ISBN: 9781620362761 ;ISBN: 1620362759 ;ISBN: 9781620362754 ;ISBN: 1620362767 ;ISBN: 1620362783 ;ISBN: 9781620362785 ;EISBN: 1003445837 ;EISBN: 1000971457 ;EISBN: 9781000977325 ;EISBN: 9781003445838 ;EISBN: 1000977323 ;EISBN: 9781000971453 ;EISBN: 1620362775 ;EISBN: 9781620362778 ;DOI: 10.4324/9781003445838 ;OCLC: 945135924

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    Making Meaning: Embracing Spirituality, Faith, Religion, and Life Purpose in Student Affairs
  • Author: Small, Jenny L
  • Small, Jenny L.
  • Subjects: College students ; Counseling in higher education ; Moral and ethical aspects ; Student affairs services ; United States ; Universities and colleges
  • Description: 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 ' 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 whe
  • Publisher: Oxford: Routledge
  • Creation Date: 2015
  • Format: 208 pages
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 9781620362761
    ISBN: 1620362759
    ISBN: 9781620362754
    ISBN: 1620362767
    ISBN: 1620362783
    ISBN: 9781620362785
    EISBN: 1003445837
    EISBN: 1000971457
    EISBN: 9781000977325
    EISBN: 9781003445838
    EISBN: 1000977323
    EISBN: 9781000971453
    EISBN: 1620362775
    EISBN: 9781620362778
    DOI: 10.4324/9781003445838
    OCLC: 945135924
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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