Religion on Campus - Couverture rigide

Porterfield, Amanda

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0807826235 ISBN 13 : 9780807826232

Editeur : The University of North Carolina Press, 2001

Synopsis

Shows that religion is thriving, not declining, on campuses across America; The first intensive, close-up investigation of the practice and teaching of religion at American colleges and universities, Religion on Campus is an indispensable resource for all who want to understand what religion really means to today's undergraduates. To explore firsthand how college students understand, practice, and learn about religion, the authors visited four very different U.S. campuses: a Roman Catholic university in the East, a state university in the West, a historically black university in the South, and a Lutheran liberal arts college in the North. They interviewed students, faculty members, and administrators; attended classes; participated in worship services; observed prayer and Bible study groups; and surveyed the general ethos of each campus. The resulting study makes fascinating and important reading for anyone - including students, parents, teachers, administrators, clergy, and scholars - concerned with the future of young Americans. Challenging theories of the secularization of higher education and the decline of religion on campus, this book reveals that both the practice and the study of religion are thriving, nourished by a campus culture of diversity, tolerance, and choice.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Conrad Cherry is Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis and founder of the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture. Betty A. DeBerg is professor of religion and head of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. Amanda Porterfield is professor of religious studies at the University of Wyoming in Laramie.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The University of North Carolina Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0807826235
• ISBN 13: 9780807826232
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 328
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• Personne responsable: non disponible