Spirituality 101: The Indispensable Guide to Keeping―or Finding―Your Spiritual Life on Campus - Softcover

Schwartz, Harriet L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594730008 ISBN 13: 9781594730009

Publisher: SkyLight Paths, 2004

Synopsis

Inspiration & Information for those who want more from
college than just a degree.

Who do you want to be? Are you spiritual? Religious? Still figuring it out? Regardless of where you are, college is an intense time of choices, challenge, and growth.

Full of opportunities to learn from students from around the country and many different faith traditions, Spirituality 101 is the perfect companion for college students seeking spiritual fulfillment on campus. Including practical, hands-on advice and information from experienced faculty and student affairs professionals, this is your indispensable guide to the choices and possibilities available throughout your college experience, and beyond.

Spirituality 101 also offers more than 40 personal student reflections―sometimes funny, sometimes serious, always honest and wise―that will motivate and energize you to explore your own questions and commitments.

Your complete guide to navigating a spiritual life on campus:

• Finding Your Place: Who Do You Want to Be?
• Reading, Writing, and Religion: Spirituality in the Classroom and Beyond
• The Club Scene: Membership and Leadership in Campus Organizations
• Sex, Drugs, and Rock’n’ Roll: Spirituality and Your Social Life
• Turning Points: Spiritual Awakening or Crisis of Faith?
• Assumptions, Intolerance, Hate, and a Hope for Something Better
• Hey, What Does That Mean? Talking with Others about Your Spirituality
• Significant Others: Family, Friends, and Mentors
• Taking It Off Campus
• A Cap, a Gown, and a Commitment to Faith

About this title

About the Author

Harriet L. Schwartz has worked in higher education for more than a decade. She collaborates with students on issues of personal, academic, and professional development. Schwartz began her career as an academic advisor for a Division I men's basketball team. Currently she serves as assistant director of the Career Center at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, providing career and personal support to students in the performing and fine arts. Schwartz is also an active freelance writer and photographer, covering music and other aspects of pop culture for regional and national publications.

From the Inside Flap

Your complete guide to navigating a spiritual life on campus.

Finding Your Place: Who Do You Want to Be? Reading, Writing, and Religion: Spirituality in the Classroom and Beyond The Club Scene: Membership and Leadership in Campus Organizations Sex, Drugs, and Rock n Roll: Spirituality and Your Social Life Turning Points: Spiritual Awakening or Crisis of Faith? Assumptions, Intolerance, Hate, and a Hope for Something Better Hey, What Does That Mean? Talking with Others about Your Spirituality Significant Others: Family, Friends, and Mentors Taking It Off Campus A Cap, a Gown, and a Commitment to Faith

Reviews

"This book," Schwartz tells her undergraduate readers, "is about helping you frame and explore the questions that you face as you explore your spirituality"—whatever religious tradition that spirituality may involve. Individual chapters focus on these questions, which typically involve the intersection of one's personal faith with issues common to a university setting, such as exploring drinking, dating and sex; joining campus religious organizations; sharing one's faith; encountering ignorance or intolerance; and navigating crises. Schwartz, Assistant Director of the Career Center at Carnegie Mellon University, provides an introduction to each section, but the bulk of each chapter is given over to brief essays compiled from students and educators at some 30 college campuses across the U.S.These contributions—representing such diverse faith traditions as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduismand "Unitarian Universalist Pagan"—vary in quality, ranging from the entertaining and insightful(Joshua Gruenspecht's "Praying for an Extension") to the merely adequate, but all offer a personal perspective on meeting the challenges of being a person of faith on campus. Most are refreshingly non-didactic, focusing instead on the contributor's own experience with the topic at hand. Some, however, are intentionally pragmatic, offering step-by-step suggestions for handling practical concerns: What if finals fall on a holy day? How can I start my own religious organization on campus? While conservative readers may balk at the book's relentlessly ecumenical tone, those open to exploring their spirituality in college will find this book a helpful guide.
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Edition details

• Publisher: SkyLight Paths
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594730008
• ISBN 13: 9781594730009
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272