Building trust across faith lines
Keywords:
: faith lines, spirituality, religionsAbstract
As educators, we seek to prepare students for a healthy and productive life in the contemporary world. Given the reality of religious diversity in this world, this paper offers two suggestions. First, the classroom should be utilized as a space where students can better understand their own views on spirituality as well as build bridges that enable meaningful interaction with others who hold views on spirituality that are different from their own. Second, in order to facilitate encounters with diverse beliefs, trust must be cultivated in the classroom, making it possible for students to learn about and interact hospitably with religious others.
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Astin, A. W. (1993). What matters in college? San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Astin, A. W. (2004). Why spirituality deserves a central place in liberal education. Liberal Education, 34(8), 34-41.
Barr, R. B., & Tagg, J. (1995). From teaching to learning: A new paradigm for undergraduate education. Change, 27(6), 12-25.
Brookfield, S. D. (2006). The skillful teacher (2nd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Brookfield, S. D., & Hess, M. E. (2008). How can we teach authentically? Reflective practice in the dialogical classroom. In M. E. Hess & S. D. Brookfield (Eds.), Teaching reflectively in theological contexts: Promises and contradictions (pp. 1-18). Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing.
Catron, P. (2008). Blinking in the sunlight: Exploring the fundamentalist perspective. In M. R.
Diamond (Ed.), Encountering faith in the classroom (pp. 65-76). Sterling, VA: Stylus.
Alternative Conceptions of Civil Society (pp. 90-110). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Chickering, A. (2006). Strengthening spirituality and civic engagement in higher education. Journal of College and Character, 8(1), 1-5.
Dalton, J. C., Eberhardt, D., Bracken, J., & Echols, K. (2006). Inward journeys: Forms and patterns of college student spirituality. Journal of College and Character, 7(8), 1-21.
Elbow, P. (2006). The believing game and how to make conflicting opinions more fruitful. In C. Weber (Ed.), Nurturing the peacemakers in our students: A guide to writing and speaking out about issues of war and of peace. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Gregory, M. (2001). “Curriculum, pedagogy, and teacherly ethos.” Pedagogy 1(1), 69-89.
Hansen, K. (2005). Religious freedom in the public square and the composition classroom. In E. V. Lei & B. L. Kyburz (Eds.), Negotiating religious faith in the composition classroom (pp. 24-38). Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook.
Hess, M. E., & S. D. Brookfield (2008). “How do we connect classroom teaching to institutional practice?’ Sustaining a culture of reflective practice in teaching.” In M. E. Hess & S. D. Brookfield (Eds.), Teaching reflectively in theological contexts (238-255). Malabar, FL: Krieger.
Jacobsen, D., & R. H. Jacobsen. (2008). Talking about religion. In D. Jacobsen & R. H. Jacobsen (Eds.), The American university in a postsecular age (pp. 221-231). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Kuh, G. D. (2005). Student success in college: Creating conditions that matter. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Light, R. (2001). Making the most of college. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP.
Montesano, M., & Roen, D. (2005). Religious faith, learning, and writing: Challenges in the classroom. In E. V. Lei & B. L. Kyburz (Eds.), Negotiating religious faith in the composition classroom (pp. 84-98). Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook.
Nash, R. J. (2008). A faculty member’s view on moral conversation from the classroom. In R. J. Nash, D. L. Bradley, & A. W. Chickering (Eds.), How to talk about hot topics on campus: From polarization to moral conversation (pp. 65-97). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Nash, R. J., & Baskette, S. M. (2008). Teaching about religious and spiritual pluralism in a professional education course. In M. R. Diamond (Ed.), Encountering faith in the classroom (pp. 188-202). Sterling, VA: Stylus.
Nash, R. J., Bradley, D. L., & Chickering, A. W. (2008). How to talk about hot topics on campus. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Oden, A. (2001). And you welcomed me: A sourcebook on hospitality in early Christianity. Nashville, TN: Abingdon.
Palmer, P. J. (1983). To know as we are known: A spirituality of education. New York, NY: Harper & Row.
Pascarella, E. T., & Terenzini, P. T. (2005). How college affects students. Vol. 2: A third decade of research. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Patel, E. (2007). Acts of faith. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
Patel, E. (2012). Sacred ground: Pluralism, prejudice, and the promise of America. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
Puett, T. (2005). On transforming our world: Critical pedagogy for interfaith education. CrossCurrents, 55(2), 264-273.
Putnam, R. (2000). Bowling alone. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster.
Putnam, R., & Campbell, D. (2010). American grace: How faith unites and divides us. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster.
Rice, E. (2008). Faculty priorities: Where does faith fit? In D. Jacobsen & R. H. Jacobsen (Eds.), The American university in a postsecular age (pp. 99-114). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Shady, S., & Larson, M. (2010). Tolerance, empathy, or inclusion? Insights from Martin Buber. Educational Theory, 60(1), 81-96.
Singham, M. (2008). When faith and science collide. In M. R. Diamond (Ed.), Encountering faith in the classroom (pp. 147-159). Sterling, VA: Stylus.
Skinner, M. L. (2008). “How can students learn to trust us as we challenge who they are?” Building trust and trustworthiness in a biblical studies classroom. In M. E. Hess & S. D. Brookfield (Eds.), Teaching reflectively in theological contexts: Promises and contradictions (pp. 93-117). Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing.
Taylor, C. (2007). A secular age? Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Trautvetter, L. C. (2008). Undergraduate perspectives about religion in higher education. In M. R. Diamond (Ed.), Encountering faith in the classroom (pp. 33-47). Sterling, VA: Stylus.
Vogel, L. J. (1991). Teaching and learning in communities of faith. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Volf, M. (1996). Exclusion and embrace: A theological exploration of identity, otherness, and reconciliation. Nashville, TN: Abingdon.
Volf, M. (1999, December 15). In my own voice? A man relates the effect of Christianity on his life. Christian Century, p. 1234.
Volf, M. (2002). Living with the “other.” Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 39(1/2), 8-25.
Volf, M. (2004, October 19). Your scripture meets mine. Christian Century, p. 43.
Warren, D. Philosophy and religious disagreements in the classroom. In M. R. Diamond (Ed.), Encountering faith in the classroom (pp. 134-146). Sterling, VA: Stylus.
West, C. (2004). Democracy matters. New York, NY: Penguin Books.
Wingspread declaration on religion and public life. (2005). Retrieved from www.svhe.org/files/Declaration on Religion and Public Life.pdf
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Building trust across faith lines. (2012). Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 1(1), 4-15. https://ojed.org/jise/article/view/1465
