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108 pages ; 23 cm This issue looks at spirituality in higher education through a number of lenses, examining what many view as trend towards incorporating spirituality back into the lives of students, faculty, and administrators. Questions about meaning and purpose are as old as humans, and in the earliest days of higher education, the search for truth was the ultimate journey of the student. Over the decades, though, the academy has often shunned the spiritual aspect of a student's education. Whether that is to avoid controversy or to protect from acknowledging that all is not known, there is a predisposition to avoid talking about spirituality in the academy. Regardless, the result is the creation of what T.S. Eliot called 'hallow men' who live in this world but do not know why they are here and thus do not know how to live their lives. This book is responding to a reawakening of desire to avoid such creatures. The issue's purpose, at least in a cursory way, is to look at spirituality in academe through a number of lenses. -- Provided by publisher Composed of chapters from both faculty and administrators, this volume offers insight into the critical need for spirituality in educa

Author

Sherry L. Hoppe, Bruce W. Speck

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780787983635

Subjects

Christian, Education, Religion