A Room with a View: Accommodating Hindu Religious Practice on a College Campus

Autor/in	Chander, Vineet
Titel	A Room with a View: Accommodating Hindu Religious Practice on a College Campus
Quelle	In: Journal of College and Character, 14 (2013) 2, S.105-115 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1940-1639
Schlagwörter	Religion; Religious Factors; College Students; Educational Environment; Student Needs; Colleges; Cultural Differences; Minority Group Students; Christianity; Clergy; Religious Cultural Groups; Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Kultureller Unterschied; Christentum; Klerus; Kirchliche Gruppe; Religionszugehörigkeit; Rollen
Abstract	This article examines the question of how to best accommodate Hindu practice on college campuses by contrasting the dedication of a prayer room with the hiring of a Hindu chaplain. The author suggests that this dichotomy--of an impersonal physical space ("a room") on the one hand, and a chaplain empowered to lead a community ("a view") on the other--is a useful way of exploring a shift in accommodating Hindu students' religious practice. The author first presents a gloss of religious practice in contemporary Hinduism. Next, he identifies the two broad approaches to accommodating Hindu practice on college campuses and discusses three important shifts that accompany moving from one approach to the other. In closing, he proposes that meaningful engagement and communication with a chaplain makes reconciliation between the two approaches possible. (Contains 7 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10