The American University in a Postsecular Age

ISBN: 9780195323443

Oxford University Press, 2008

Hardcover, ~288 pages

The American University in a Postsecular Age: Religion and the Academy edited by Douglas Jacobsen and Rhonda Hustedt Jacobsen examines how religion and spirituality are resurfacing as significant elements in contemporary higher education and challenges the assumption that universities should be strictly secular. The volume brings together essays by leading scholars and educators exploring questions such as how religious belief and practice intersect with academic life, what role religion should play in teaching and learning, and how campuses can engage students’ spiritual and religious concerns without compromising critical inquiry. The introductory and concluding essays frame these discussions within the context of a “postsecular” age, proposing frameworks for ongoing academic conversation about religion’s place in the modern university.