Remixed and Reimagined

Introduction: An Invitation to (Re)Imagine  

Unit 1: New Methodologies and Frameworks

1) Genealogical Histories and Emergent Births: An Epistolary Dialogue on Critical Possibilities in Religious, Secular, and Spiritual Studies in Higher Education—Kate Curley & Gordon Palmer

2) Critical Interfaith Praxis in Higher Education: The Interfaith Collective—Isaac M. Carter, Adonay Montes, Beatriz Gonzalez, Zandra Wagoner, Nancy Reyes, & Veronica Escoffery-Runnels

3) Waking Up in the Classroom: Buddhist Epistemologies as a Path Toward Decolonization of Higher Education—Suzanne E. Schier-Happell 

Unit 2: Emerging Narratives

4) Queering Spirituality: A Conceptual Exploration of Spiritual LGBTQ+ College Students’ Ecological Systems—Kari E. Weaver & Jodi L. Linley

5) Embodied: Afrocentric Spiritual Identity Development of Black Femme Students Attending Predominantly White Institutions—e alexander

6) Creating My Borderlands: Queer and Muslim Identity Development Through a Scholarly Personal Narrative—Musbah Shaheen

7) A Tale of Two Sisters: A Phenomenological Study of Religious Conversion—Mary Ann Bodine Al-Sharif & Shima Hassan Zadeh

8) From the Outside Looking In: Personal Takeaways for Student Affairs Professionals Supporting the Christian Indian American College Student Life Cycle—Costin Thampikutty

9) (Re)Defining and (Re)Designing a Black Male Christian Identity—Michael Steven Williams, Ekaete E. Udoh, Amand L. Hardiman, & G. Preston Wilson

10) Narratives of Muslim International Identity Performance on College Campuses in the United States—Ayesha Yousafzai

11) Understanding Atheists, Stigma Management, and Christian Privilege Within University Environments: New Imperatives for Higher Education Leaders—Carrie Reisner & Thalia M. Mulvihill

12) Black Secular College Students: An Exploration of Margins—Gordon Maples & J. T. Snipes

13) College Students Narrating the Intersections of Disability and Their Religious Selves—Annemarie Vaccaro, Barbara M. Newman, & Ezekiel W. Kimball

Afterword—D.-L. Stewart

Contributors’ Biographies

J.T. Snipes

J.T. Snipes is Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. Prior to his faculty appointment he worked for over 12 years in higher education administration. Most recently he worked for Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) the largest interfaith organization in America. Currently, his research interest focuses on religion and spirituality in higher education, African American collegiate students, and critical race theory in education.

Sable Manson

Sable Manson, Ph.D., is the Assistant Director for Student Leadership and Development at the University of Southern California’s Joint Educational Project (JEP). Sable has been identified as one of the Future50 Faith leaders in Los Angeles by USC’s Center for Religion and Civic Culture and the Interreligious Council of Southern California (IRC), and serves as Interfaith Minister-in-Residence for the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.