Includes bibliographical references.

'' Reflecting a national movement that seeks to create a more holistic model of learning and teaching on college and university campuses, Education as Transformation is a collection of 28 essays written by a wide range of educators including presidents, chancellors, deans, faculty members, administrators, religious life professionals, students, and other leaders in the field of education on the themes of religious pluralism and spirituality in higher education. These essays provide scholarly analysis, practical information, and aspiration for those who agree that higher education can combine both head and heart in the teaching and learning process and in campus and community life. In seeking to articulate a new vision for higher education in America, the authors explore the possibility that both scholarship and spirituality are essential to fostering global learning communities and responsible global citizens who can address the challenges of a diverse world.'' (Book Cover)

CONTENTS:

Preface / Victor H. Kazanjian, Jr. Peter L. Laurence

Introduction: Transforming Education: An Overview / Diana Chapman Walsh

Part 1 A New Vision of Education as Transformation

1. A Vision of Education as Transformation / Parker J. Palmer

2. Spirituality in an Integrative Age / David K. Scott

3. Spiritual Assumptions Undergird Educational Priorities: A Personal Narrative / Cheryl H. Keen

4. Spiritual Quest Among Young Adults / Andres G. Nino

5. Moulding the Self and the Common Cognitive Sources of Science and Religion / Arthur G. Zajonc

6. A Faculty Perspective on Magic, Meaning, and Desire in the Educational Process / Patrick Morton

7. Changing Lives, Changing Communities: Building a Capacity for Connection in a Pluralistic Context /
Beverly Daniel Tatum

Part 2 From Religious Diversity to Religious Pluralism: New Possibilities for Global Learning Communities

8. Education as Transformation: A Baha'i Model of Education for Unity / Suheil Badi Bushrui & James Malarkey

9. The Transformation of DrowningBear / Brad DrowningBear

10. Judaism, Religious Diversity, and the American Academy / Arthur Green

11. From Diversity to Pluralism: The Roman Catholic Challenge and the Roman Catholic Opportunity / John W. Healey

12. Buddhism as a Pluralistic Tradition / Ji Hyang Sunim

13. Pluralism, Awareness, and Mastery of the Mind: A Sikh Imperative for Education / Gurucharan Singh Khalsa

14. American Pluralism, Islam, and the Challenges of Interfaith Dialogue for Muslims on the College Campus / Sulayman S. Nyang

15. A Hindu Perspective on Moving from Religious Diversity to Religious Pluralism / Anantanand Rambachan

16. Religious Pluralism and the Claim to Uniqueness / Krister Stendahl

Part 3 Taking It Home: The Transformational Process in Action

17. Quaker to the Core, Welcoming All / Douglas C. Bennett

18. Deep Calls to Deep: Spirituality and Diversity at Goshen College / Shirley Hershey Showalter

19. Appreciative Engagement of Diversity: E Pluribus Unum and the EDUCATION as Transformation Project / James P. Keen

20. Beyond Tolerance: From Mono-religious to Multi-religious Life at Wellesley College / Victor H. Kazanjian, Jr.

21. The Possibility of Transformation: 25 Years Later / Donna Bivens

22. Burn the Ark: Kindling the Sacred at the Heart of American Higher Education / Janet Cooper Nelson

23. Building a Multi-faith Center at MIT / Robert M. Randolph

24. Notes from a Jewish Dean of Religious Life: On Moving from Religious Diversity to Religious Pluralism / Susan Laemmle

25. Links: Establishing Communities of Dialogue on Campuses / Frederic Bradford Burnham

26. Teacher Formation: Identity, Integrity, and the Heart of a Teacher / Sally Z. Hare, Marcy Jackson, and Rick Jackson

27. Teacher Education, Spiritual Transformation, and Child Advocacy / Carol L. Flake

28. A Walk in the Wilderness / Claudia Horwitz

Conclusion / Victor H. Kazanjian, Jr. Peter L. Laurence

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