Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Rev. Janet M. Cooper Nelson
Introduction xv
Rev. Dr. Lucy A. Forster-Smith

Part I
CHAPLAINCY IN A CHANGING WORLD
My Dreamsicle Job
Good Humor and Becoming a Chaplain 3
Sharon M. K. Kugler, Yale University

Chaplaincy in Displacement and Homecoming
After Katrina 16
Rev. Gail E. Bowman, Dillard University

A Muslim Chaplain on Finding His Way 35
Sohaib N. Sultan, Princeton University

In Coffin's Pulpit
Re-envisioning Protestant Religious Culture 45
Rev. Ian B. Oliver, Yale University

Part II
MULTIFAITH CHAPLAINS, MULTIFAITH CAMPUSES
Uncovering God
A Global Chaplaincy on a Secular Campus 63
Rev. Deanna L. Shorb, Grinnell College

"¡Si, se puede!" (Yes, We Can!)
Student Ministry in a Multicultural Context 78
Fr. Daniel Reim, SJ, University of Michigan

"Not So Religious"
Jewish Chaplaincy in the Twenty-First Century 98
Rabbi Rena S. Blumenthal, Vassar College

Part III
A HEART FOR THE COMMUNITY
"God Is in This Place"
Mentoring, Ministering, and Making Meaning
at Stanford University 125
Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann, Stanford University

Pilgrim Transformations
The Chaplain as Traveling Companion 146
Rev. Dr. Paul H. W. Rohde, Augustana College

Room to Breathe
Nurturing Community by Creating Space 157
Rev. Dr. Susan Henry-Crowe, Emory University

Blues Songs and Lamentations
Chaplains on the Crisis Team 170
Rev. Dr. Charles Lattimore Howard, University of Pennsylvania

Part IV
CARING AT THE CROSSROADS
Betwixt and Between
Interstitial Dialogue, Identity, and
Mending on a College Campus 189
Rev. Dr. Linda J. Morgan-Clement, College of Wooster

Passports
The Chaplain Moving across Boundaries 204
Rev. Dr. Richard E. Spalding, Williams College

Religious Hybrids
A New Interpretation 223
Rev. K. P. Hong, Macalester College

Part V
THE CHAPLAIN AND THE SECULAR
Stewards of the New Secular 247
Rev. Dr. Samuel H. Speers, Vassar College

The One and the Many
Old Language, New Engagement 271
Fr. Roc O'Connor, SJ, Creighton University

"What Has Athens to Do with Jerusalem?"
The Professor Chaplain 291
Rev. Dr. J. Diane Mowrey, Queens University of Charlotte

Chaplains Breaking the Silence
of Faith in the Academy
The Charge 312
Rev. Dr. Lucy A. Forster-Smith, Macalester College

Notes 331

About the Author

Rev. Dr. Lucy A. Forster-Smith is chaplain and associate dean for religious and spiritual life at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She is also co-director of the Macalester Lilly Project for Vocation and Ethical Leadership, a Lilly Endowment program for the theological exploration of vocation.

Rev. Janet M. Cooper Nelson is chaplain of the university at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and teaches at Brown's Alpert School of Medicine.

Reviews

"A must for anyone who is called to this realm of sacred service, to any administrator on a college campus overseeing student life, and to alumni of all faith traditions to help them understand what their alma mater can and should be providing to current students vis-a-vis campus religious life.... A valuable addition to SkyLight Paths' series of professional books for clergy/leaders of faith communities."
—Rabbi Stephen B. Roberts, MBA, BCC, editor, Professional Spiritual and Pastoral Care: A Practical Clergy and Chaplain's Handbook



"Explores the profound questions shaping today's chaplaincy.... Relevant to anyone who cares about the ways that today's college students—of all religious and non-religious identities—seek to make meaning."
—Dr. Eboo Patel, founder and president, Interfaith Youth Core; author, Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation

"While religion on college campuses is a story often overlooked, or misunderstood, this must-read collection ... reveals the powerful ways that chaplains are shaping the religious, spiritual and moral lives of present students—and future leaders."
—Paul Raushenbush, senior religion editor, The Huffington Post

"Informing, inspiring, evocative, this book will deepen your understanding, stretch your soul and challenge your assumptions—a must-read not only for aspiring chaplains, but especially for those who hire, fire and depend on them."
—Sharon Daloz Parks, author, Big Questions, Worthy Dreams: Mentoring Emerging Adults in Their Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Faith

"Illuminates campus life with insightful and sometimes humorous essays that I found personally moving. I highly recommend this book not only for religious professionals and those working on campuses, but to all people who care about sustaining and nurturing the life of the spirit in twenty-first-century America."
—Ingrid Mattson, PhD, London and Windsor Community Chair in Islamic Studies, Huron University College