Protestant Privilege and Pluralism on Campus

ISBN-13: 9781789975772 / Miękka / 2023 / 230 str.

Scott Muir

Opis

This book illustrates how the university campus is and has been a crucial space where diverse actors who embody Protestant, secular and pluralist forces negotiate the role of religion in a pluralistic society. It illuminates a range of challenges to achieving a substantive and inclusive dialogue about meaning and values on campus and beyond.

Spis treści

Contents: The Campus - A Contested Space: Competing Perspectives on Religion and Higher Education - A Fragmented Establishment: Protestant, Pluralist and Secular Forces at Duke University, 1839-2019 - A Puzzle of Paradoxes: Piety, Patriarchy, and Women's Empowerment at Meredith College, 1900-2019 - Institutional Myths: Race, Protestant Privilege and Pluralism at NCCU and UNC- CH, 1795-2019 - Conclusion: An Interactive Fram.

O autorze

Scott Muir was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia and lives with his family in Durham, North Carolina. He holds a PhD in Religious Studies from Duke University, an MTS from Emory University, a BA from Dartmouth College and has taught at Duke, Emory, and Western Carolina University. Muir currently serves as Director of Undergraduate Initiatives at the National Humanities Alliance, where he leads efforts to forward innovation in undergraduate humanities education and attract a broader range of students to the humanities. He is host of the podcast What Are You Going to Do with that? and author of multiple articles exploring the religious dimensions of live music published in Sacred Matters Magazine.