Religious Studies in American Public Higher Education in the Twenty-first Century: Suggested Resources Print

Arendt, Hannah. “Thinking and Moral Considerations: A Lecture.” Social Research 38/3 (Fall 1970): 417–446.

Arum, Richard, and Josipa Roksa. Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011.

Bellah, Robert Neelly. Religion in Human Evolution: From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2011.

Brown, Sid. A Buddhist in the Classroom. Albany: State University of New York, 2008.

Cargas, Harry James. Exploring Inner Space: A Self-Discovery Journal. Cincinnati, OH: Saint Anthony Messenger Press, 1991.

Deci, E. L., R. Koestner, and R. M. Ryan. “A Meta-analytic Review of Experiments Examining the Effects of Extrinsic Rewards on Intrinsic Motivation.” Psychological Bulletin 125 (1999): 627–668.

Deci, Edward L., and Richard M. Ryan. Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior. New York: Plenum Press, 1985.

________. “The ‘What’ and ‘Why’ of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior.” Psychological Inquiry 11 (2000): 227–268.  

Gallagher, Eugene V. “Teaching for Religious Literacy.” Teaching Theology and Religion 12.3 (July 2009): 208–221.

Graff, Gerald. Beyond the Culture Wars: How Teaching the Conflicts Can Revitalize American Education. New York, NY: W. W. Norton and Co., 1992.

________. Clueless in Academe: How Schooling Obscures the Life of the Mind. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003.

Grolnick, W. S., and R. M. Ryan. “Autonomy in Children’s Learning: An Experimental and Individual Difference Investigation.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 52 (1987): 890–898.

Hollis, Martin. Philosophy of Social Science: An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Jay, Paul, and Gerald Graff. “Fear of Being Useful: Essay on a New Approach to Defend the Value of the Humanities.” Inside Higher Education. Retrieved January 13, 2012.

Levesque, C., G. R. Sell, and J. A. Zimmerman. “A Theory-Based Integrative Model for Learning and Motivation in Higher Education.” In To Improve the Academy, Vol. 24: Resources for Faculty, Instructional, and Organizational Development, edited by S. Chadwick-Blossey, 86–103. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing, 2006.

McCutcheon, Russell. Studying Religion: An Introduction. Oakville, CT: Equinox Publishing, 2007.

Noddings, Nel. Educating for Intelligent Belief and Unbelief. New York, NY: Teachers College Press, 1993.

Nord, Warren A. Religion and American Education: Rethinking a National Dilemma. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1994.

Nussbaum, Martha C. Cultivating Humanity: A Classical Defense of Reform in Liberal Education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997.

Orsi, Robert. Between Heaven and Earth: The Religious Worlds People Make and the Scholars Who Study Them. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006.

Palmer, Parker J. The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life. San Francisco: John Wiley and Sons, 2007.

Picciano, Anthony G., and Charles Dziuban, eds. Blended Learning: Research Perspectives. Needham, MA: The Sloan Consortium, 2007.

Root, Michael. Philosophy of Social Science: The Methods, Ideals, and Politics of Social Inquiry. Cambridge, MA: Wiley Blackwell, 1993.

“Rubistar: Create Rubrics for Your Project-Based Learning Activities.” 4 Teachers.org. Retrieved March 22, 2012.

Ruether, Rosemary Radford, ed. Gender, Ethnicity, and Religion: Views from the Other Side. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress Press, 2002.

Seligman, Martin E. P. Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being. New York: Free Press, 2011.

Smith, Christian. Souls in Transition: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of Emerging Adults. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.

Teaching and Learning Resources.” Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion. Retrieved March 22, 2012.

Thompson, Clive. “How Khan Academy Is Changing the Rules of Education.” Wired Magazine. Retrieved July 15, 2011.

Walvoord, Barbara E. Teaching and Learning in College Introductory Religion Courses. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2008.

Watkins, Gregory J., ed. Teaching Religion and Film. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.