{"product_id":"the-resilience-of-religion-in-american-higher-education-9781481308717","title":"The Resilience of Religion in American Higher Education","description":"\u003cp\u003eA well-worn, often-told tale of woe. American higher education has been secularized. Religion on campus has declined, died, or disappeared. Deemed irrelevant, there is no room for the sacred in American colleges and universities. While the idea that religion is unwelcome in higher education is often discussed, and uncritically affirmed, John Schmalzbauer and Kathleen Mahoney directly challenge this dominant narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Resilience of Religion in American Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e documents a surprising openness to religion in collegiate communities. Schmalzbauer and Mahoney develop this claim in three areas: academic scholarship, church-related higher education, and student life. They highlight growing interest in the study of religion across the disciplines, as well as a willingness to acknowledge the intellectual relevance of religious commitments. \u003ci\u003eThe Resilience of Religion in American Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e also reveals how church-related colleges are taking their founding traditions more seriously, even as they embrace religious pluralism. Finally, the volume chronicles the diversification of student religious life, revealing the longevity of campus spirituality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar from irrelevant, religion matters in higher education. As Schmalzbauer and Mahoney show, religious initiatives lead institutions to engage with cultural diversity and connect spirituality with academic and student life, heightening attention to the sacred on both secular and church-related campuses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Schmalzbauer teaches in the Department of Religious Studies at Missouri State University where he holds the Blanche Gorman Strong Chair in Protestant Studies. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePeople of Faith: Religious Conviction in American Journalism and Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKathleen A. Mahoney, Ph.D., is a senior staff member at the GHR Foundation and author of \u003ci\u003eCatholic Higher Education in Protestant America: The Jesuits and Harvard in the Age of the University\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Baylor University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50466539536658,"sku":"9781481308717","price":60.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0bfb3553-ec1d-4909-bf46-32a4680a55d1.jpg?v=1730122979","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-resilience-of-religion-in-american-higher-education-9781481308717","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}