Originally published as a special issue of Christian Higher Education, this volume showcases diverse forms of community engagement work carried out by faith-based colleges and universities throughout the US.
Acknowledging the rise of community engagement as a contemporary expression of a longstanding civic impulse, Community Engagement in Christian Higher Education explores how religious mission and identity animate institutional practice across various forms of Catholic and Protestant Higher Education. Offering perspectives from faculty members, administrators, and community partners at nine different US institutions, chapters highlight effective initiatives that have been actively implemented in rural, urban, and suburban contexts to meet local needs and serve the public good. With a focus on practical community work, the text demonstrates the very concrete ways in which Christian values can inform and foster community engagement.
This volume will be of interest to scholar-practitioners, researchers, and academics in the fields of higher education, sociology of education, religious education, and practical theology. More broadly, the text offers important insights for faith leaders and the faculty of faith-based institutions exploring issues of community, identity, and shared purpose.
Introduction
Doing Justice, Loving Kindness, Walking Humbly: Christian Approaches to
Community Engagement
P. Jesse Rine and Sandra Quińones
1. Mission Animation: Christian Higher Education, the Common Good, and
Community Engagement
Jessica Mann
2. Re-membering the Mission: Institutional Impacts of an Interdisciplinary
Community
Outreach Project
David R. Tillman and Brian K. Foreman
3. Reconciling Structural and Personal Expressions of Justice in Jesuit
Education
Bryan W. Sokol, Leah Sweetman, Bobby Wassel, Christopher Franco, and
Tim Huffman
4. Pursuing Social Justice through Place-Based Community Engagement:
Cultivating Applied
Creativity, Transdisciplinarity, and Reciprocity in Catholic Higher
Education
Brian LaDuca, Charlie Carroll, Adrienne Ausdenmoore, and Justin Keen
5. Community Engagement for Student Faith Development: Service-Learning in
the
Pentecostal Tradition
Carolyn Dirksen
6. Becoming People for and with Others: Advancing Social Justice through
Interdisciplinary
Study and Service in the Jesuit Tradition
Andrew F. Miller, Ana M. Martķnez Alemįn, and Meghan T. Sweeney
7. Faith in Action and Community Engagement: Realizing Mission through
Immersion
Experiences
Christopher D. Tirres and Melanie C. Schikore
8. What Does it Mean to be an Engaged Institutional Neighbor?: A Self-Study
of an
Undergraduate Program in Ministry and Community Engagement
Cassie J. E. H. Trentaz
9. Equipping Students for a "Specific Uprising" Toward Justice: Lessons
Learned from a
University Prison Initiative
Todd Cioffi, Andrew F. Haggerty, and Jeffrey P. Bouman
Conclusion
Community Engagement in Christian Higher Education: Purposes and
Possibilities
P. Jesse Rine and Sandra Quińones
P. Jesse Rine is Associate Professor of Higher Education and Director of the Master of Science Program in Higher Education Administration in the School of Education, Duquesne University, USA.
Sandra Quińones is Associate Professor of Literacy Education and Director of the Professional Doctorate Program in Educational Technology in the School of Education, Duquesne University, USA.
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