Abstract
This work grows out of our shared concern about the limits of higher education’s exclusive emphasis on rational empiricism and its increasingly narrow focus on professional and occupational training. This combination leads to growing neglect of larger human and societal issues concerning purpose, values, meaning, and spirit. We aim to address the discontinuities and fragmentation that result from this condition. We provide some historical and social perspectives on the roles of religion and spirituality in higher education. We then suggest a wide range of policies and practices that address issues of purpose and meaning, that will strengthen authenticity and spiritual growth – for our students, for us as professionals, for our institutions, and for the larger society we should serve.
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