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The Spirit of Service: Exploring Faith, Service, and Social Justice in Higher Education
Brian T. Johnson (Editor), Carolyn R. O'Grady (Editor)
ISBN: 978-1-933371-01-6
Hardcover
267 pages
June 2006
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Table of Contents
 
About the Authors.

Foreword.

Acknowledgements.

Part I: Analyzing the Landscape.

1. Why We Started and Why It Matters (Carolyn R. O'Grady and Brian T. Johnson).

2. Opportunities and Issues: Talking About Faith at a Church-Related College (Florence Amamoto).

3. The Role of Institutional Narratives, Foundational Documents, and Program Collaboration (Brian T. Johnson and Noreen Buhmann).

Part II: Practicing What We Preach.

4. Teaching Toward Social Justice: Notes From a religion Classroom (Mary M. Solberg).

5. Faith, Social Justice, and Service-Learning in Environmental Studies: The Struggle for Integration (Mark Bjelland).

6. Are There Mexicans in Minnesota? Comments on Service-Learning and Lutheran Liberal Arts Education (Gaston A. Alzate).

7. Faith, Peace, and Politics: Dwelling in Discomfort (Loramy Gerstbauer).

8. Just Food. (Lisa Heldke and Peg O'Connor).

9. Ora et Labor: Prayer and Service in an International Study Abroad Program(Jenifer K. Ward).

Part III: Getting to the Heart of the Matter.

10. Fear of Disclosure in the Academic Milieu (Leila Brammer).

11. Speaking Truth to Power (Nadarajan Sethuraju).

12. Service-Learning for Social Justice: Moving Faculty From Personal to Pedagogical Commitment Through Faculty Development (Elizabeth R. Baer).

13. Deep Learning and the Big Questions: Reflection in Service-Learning (Chris Johnson).

14. Student Perspectives (Callista Brown Isabelle and Lillian Zumberge).

15. Conclusion: What We Know So Far (Brian T. Johnson and Carolyn R. O'Grady).

Index.

 
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