From the website: "We strive to connect with both Muslim and non-Muslim students of all different backgrounds and perspectives to create an environment that fosters an open dialogue amongst students."
From the website: "...Hillel at Columbia makes a point to immerse its students in both the Jewish community in the city and the city itself."
From the website: "We are one family on multiple campuses across the city of Chicago...quarterly we all come together for a citywide worship gathering."
From the website: "Cru is a caring community passionate about connecting people to Jesus Christ."
This article from the Center for American Progress addresses challenges faced by transgender individuals who want to be included in faith communities, and describes growing acceptance in some of those communities.
Available Online! Check out Part 3, Chapter 11: Development of Faith and Spirituality
Available at the Library and through I-Share! Check out the chapter by Mary F. Howard-Hamilton called "Come to the river: using spirituality to cope, resist, and develop identity"
Available at the Library and through I-Share! Check out Part 5: Culture; there is a subsection on Religion and Spirituality
This New York Times article (use your Columbia Library subscription to read) addresses what some religious leaders and mental health professionals are calling "religious trauma", a phenomenon experienced by some individuals in some religious communities, and features examples of faith communities offering inclusivity and healing.
Available online: From publisher: "...a complete introduction and guide to Zen meditation."
Available online! Check out Chapter 25: The Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS) as an Indicator of General Well-Being by Bufford, Cantley, Hallford, Vega and Wilbur
Available at the Library & through I-Share! "The search begins with passion but does not end there. Only when our interests connect with the needs of the world do we begin living for a larger purpose."
Available online! Recommended for anyone interested in drama and theatre! "Theater expert Roger Ellis culls together dramatic scenes and monologues that all deal with spiritual experience."
Available at the Library and through I-Share! Check out Chapter 6 by E. Michael Sutton: The role of spirituality and religion in the experiences of African American male college students
Available online! Recommended for administrators and faculty.
Available at the Library and through I-Share! Contains interviews with college students about navigating spirituality and sex.
Available at the Library and through I-Share! See Holliday's chapter, "Resé un Ave María y ensendí una velita: the use of spirituality and religion as a means of coping with educational experiences for Latina/o college students"
"...this book explores the recently emerging innovative spaces and integrative practices of queer spiritualities."
Available Online! Check out the chapter by Bradley R.E.Wright: Shifts in Spiritual and Religious Self-Perceptions in the First Year of College
"...examines how younger Muslims see themselves, their faith community, and their society, and how that informs their daily life and helps them envision an American future.
