Comprised of fifteen essays, Religion, Culture, Curriculum, and Diversity in 21st Century America , provides a cutting-edge examination of diversity issues against the backdrop of curriculum development and outcomes in Christian higher education. The primary focus on diversity of race, ethnicity, and disabilities is explored in comparison with institutional changes in these areas that harmonize the efforts of administration, faculty, and students. Hiring practices are analyzed, as well as recruitment and retention of minority faculty and students.
This works' secondary focus is on similarities and differences between Christianity and Islam regarding international customs and norms of immigrants, primarily from Africa, Asia, and India on America's Christian academia. The work is reader-friendly and recommended for students and scholars as well as for laypersons desirous of keeping pace with current diversity trends in American culture and religion.

Mary Alice Trent, Trevor Grizzle

Trent, Mary Alice

Grizzle Trevor

University Press of America, Incorporated

Lanham, Md.: University Press of America

Hamilton Books

United States, United States of America

Landham, Md, c2007

January 28, 2006

PS, 2006

Includes bibliographical references

iv, 203 p. ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references
Diversity and disability: richness or roadblock to effective learning / Even Culp and Evie Lindberg -- Building a community of learners and thinkers: an examination of Black literature courses / Tasha L. Goode -- Cultural competence education: a user-friendly instrument to assess professional development needs / Sherri Dessirea Tapp -- Encouraging multicultural diversity in the curriculum / Linda Gray -- Ebony and ivory: overcoming "the racial mountain" in the classroom while teaching Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance: an African-American perspective / Mary Alice Trent -- Overcoming "the racial mountain" in the classroom while teaching Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance: an Euro-American perspective / Kay B. Meyers -- Faculty perceptions of minority faculty difficulties in orthodox Christian institutions of higher learning / Donald V. Drew -- Why engineers make good apologists / Dominic M. Halsmer -- Culture, cultural pluralism, and multiculturalism: a biblical analysis of diversity / Timothy D. Norton, Darlene P. Gaskill and Gwetheldene L. Holzmann -- A study of the relationship between student satisfaction and ethnicity at a private, non-denominational Midwestern university / Wendy G. Shirk, Mary Lou Miller and Cal Easterling -- Two faiths, both alike in dignity: an assessment of Muslim and Hindu paradigms of the God-world relationship / Randall B. Bush -- Indian and Pakistani Christian families: challenges of diversity in 21st century America / Esther Barkat -- Global Christianity: African Christians on American college campuses / A. Ezekiel Olagoke -- Sustainable development: the great lie of the 21st Century / Joan M. Veon -- Salaam Aleykum y'all: being Muslim in the central Texas "Bible-Belt" / A. Christian van Gorder

Diversity and Disability: Richness or Roadblock to Effective Learning / Even Culp and Evie Lindberg
Building a Community of Learners and Thinkers: An Examination of Black Literature Courses / Tasha L. Goode
Cultural Competence Education: A User-Friendly Instrument to Assess Professional Development Needs / Sherri Dessirea Tapp
Encouraging Multicultural Diversity in the Curriculum / Linda Gray
Ebony and Ivory: Overcoming "the Racial Mountain" in the Classroom While Teaching Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance: An African-American Perspective / Mary Alice Trent
Overcoming "the Racial Mountain" in the Classroom While Teaching Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance: An Euro-American Perspective / Kay B. Meyers
Faculty Perceptions of Minority Faculty Difficulties in Orthodox Christian Institutions of Higher Learning / Donald V. Drew
Why Engineers Make Good Apologists / Dominic M. Halsmer
Culture, Cultural Pluralism, and Multiculturalism: A Biblical Analysis of Diversity / Timothy D. Norton, Darlene P. Gaskill and Gwetheldene L. Holzmann
A Study of the Relationship between Student Satisfaction and Ethnicity at a Private, Non-Denominational Midwestern University / Wendy G. Shirk, Mary Lou Miller and Cal Easterling
Two Faiths, Both Alike in Dignity: As Assessment of Muslim and Hindu Paradigms of the God-World Relationship / Randall B. Bush
Indian and Pakistani Christian Families: Challenges of Diversity in 21st Century America / Esther Barkat
Global Christianity: African Christians on American College Campuses / Ezekiel Olagoke
Sustainable Development: The Great Lie of the 21st Century / Joan M. Veon
Salaam Aleykum Y'All: Being Muslim in the Central Texas "Bible-Belt" / A. Christian van Gorder

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