Religious Diversity and University Chaplaincy: Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and Humanist Chaplaincy in Higher Education
Ebook
Since the 1990s, the religious diversity of United States universities has increased, with growing numbers of students, faculty, and staff who are Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and Humanist. To support these demographics, university chaplaincies and spiritual life programs have been expanding beyond their Christian and Jewish compositions to include chaplains and programs for these traditions. Through interviews with these new chaplains, this book examines how these chaplaincies developed, the preparation the chaplains needed, their responsibilities, and the current challenges and the future prospects of these programs. It provides valuable advice for university leaders about how and why to develop spiritual life programs to support today's religious diversity.
“As American higher education continues to evolve, colleges and universities must recognize that their purpose goes beyond simply shaping careers or industries. The true purpose of higher education is to improve our understanding of what it means to be human. This new book offers many valuable and practical lessons for those who care about the question of how to advance a meaningful and relevant religious, spiritual, and ethical life on campus and beyond.”
—Greg M. Epstein, humanist chaplain, Harvard University
“A nation with architectural and legal capacity to welcome and protect religious identity was radically framed into the eighteenth-century blueprint of the United States. Gregory McGonigle’s insightful new ethnography, Religious Diversity and University Chaplaincy, captures essential twenty-first-century work to construct multifaith academic chaplaincies. We hear from hidden visionaries and designers who now illuminate the nation’s original manuscripts and secure campus space for burgeoning spiritual, cultural, and ethnic diversity amid swift currents of global and national politics.”
—Janet M. Cooper Nelson, chaplain of the university, Brown University
“Drawing upon the wisdom of chaplains, Gregory McGonigle opens windows into the changing patterns of religious life in colleges and universities. The need for such a book, especially one focused on traditions beyond Judaism and Christianity, has grown exponentially in recent years as the student population diversifies, spiritual hungers grow, and the need for multireligious understanding spreads into every aspect of public life. This book is a must-read for university chaplains.”
—Mary Elizabeth Moore, dean emerita of the school of theology and education, Boston University
- Title: Religious Diversity and University Chaplaincy: Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and Humanist Chaplaincy in Higher Education
- Authors: Eboo Patel, Gregory W. McGonigle
- Publisher: Pickwick Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666798593, 9781666798586, 1666798584, 9781666738209, 1666738204, 1666798592
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666798593
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-05-08T20:43:45Z
Gregory W. McGonigle is dean of religious life and university chaplain at Emory University, where he has built a multifaith team and is designing an interfaith center. He previously developed multifaith programs at Tufts, Oberlin, and UC-Davis. He is a Unitarian Universalist minister and holds degrees in religion from Brown, Harvard, and Boston University. He has been a researcher for the Harvard Pluralism Project and is past president of the National Association of College and University Chaplains.