Spirituality in College Students’ Lives: Translating Research into Practice

Abstract

Foreword, Helen Astin and Alexander Astin Section One: Introduction and Methodological Overview Chapter 1, Introduction, Matthew J. Mayhew and Alyssa Bryant Rockenbach Chapter 2, Methodological Overview of the UCLA Spirituality in Higher Education Project, Jennifer A. Lindholm Section Two: Student Characteristics and Group Differences Chapter 3, The Experiences and Spiritual Growth of Religiously Privileged and Religiously Marginalized College Students, Nicholas A. Bowman and Jenny L. Small Chapter 4, Race and Pro-Social Involvement: Toward a More Complex Understanding of Spiritual Development in College, Sean Gehrke Risky Business: Studying and Supporting Collegians' Spiritual Development, Researcher Reflection, Peter M. Magolda Deliberate Campus Practices to Foster Spirituality, Purpose, and Meaning: Recognizing Student Characteristics and Group Differences, Practitioner Reflection, Kathleen M. Goodman Section Three: College Contexts Chapter 5, Christian College Persistence in the Postmodern Turn, P. Jesse Rine Chapter 6, How Institutional Contexts and College Experiences Shape Ecumenical Worldview Development, Alyssa Bryant Rockenbach and Matthew J. Mayhew Religious Pluralism and Higher Education Institutional Contexts: Implications for Research, Researcher Reflection, Peter C. Hill, Keith J. Edwards, and Jonathan P. Hill Becoming a Religiously Engaged Global Citizen, Practitioner Reflection, Scotty McLennan Section Four: Outcomes Chapter 7, From Faith to Compassion? Reciprocal Influences of Spirituality, Religious Commitment, and Prosocial Development During College, Jay W. Brandenberger and Nicholas A. Bowman Chapter 8, Development among Adolescents and Young Adults: Longitudinal linkages between Spirituality, Religion, and Social Justice, David Chenot and Hansung Kim Chapter 9, Student-Faculty Interaction and the Development of an Ethic of Care, James J. Fleming, Jennie Purnell, and Yang Wang Chapter 10, Informing Effective Psychospiritual Interventions for College Students: Identifying Mediators in the Relationship between Spiritual Struggles and Substance Use, Carol Ann Faigin Advances in Understanding Pro-social Development in College: Reflections on Spiritual Outcomes Research, Researcher Reflection, Michael D. Waggoner Questions of Spirituality on College Campuses: To Engage or Not to Engage? Practitioner Reflection, Donna Talbot and Diane Anderson Epilogue, The Study of Spirituality: Are We There Yet? If So, Where?, C. Carney Strange