Full Description
The central claim of this volume is that higher education institutions that seek to educate their students for freedom and liberation—the idea behind the liberal arts—must be prepared to embrace the truths they pursue and to lean into the reconciliation demanded by those truths. In other words, they must journey through truth to freedom, but only by way of reconciliation.
For Augsburg University, the truths interrogated delve deep into the heart of its faith tradition, academic mission, and commitment to social justice. Through appreciative and critical inquiry, the truths discovered demand reconciliation with the past so as to be freed for the work they are called to do as "informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders"—Augsburg's mission! These essays offer a compelling example to other institutions about the important work of connecting past, present, and future—of seeking truth through freedom by way of reconciliation—work that is foundational to an institution's mission, identity, and future planning.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Through Truth to Freedom: By Way of Reconciliation
Paul C. Pribbenow
What's in a Word: How We Tell Our Stories and Why it Matters
Katie Bishop
Love Letters From the Past: The Role of an Institution's Archives
Stewart Van Cleve
Leaning In: Augsburg's Place and Proximity
Augsburg University Land Acknowledgement: A Case for More Than Just Words
Eric Buffalohead
Generosity and Faithfulness: A Meditation on Why Place Matters for Higher Education
Paul C. Pribbenow
From Either/Or to Both/And: Augsburg's Journey to Interfaith Living
Paul C. Pribbenow
Augsburg's Pedagogical Tradition: Firsthand Experiences, the City as Classroom, and Co-creating an Academic Journey
Babette Chatman and Jenny L. Hanson
Augsburg's Students: Protest and Loving Reform
One Day in May: And the Fight for Racial Justice
Berlynn Bitengo and Stewart Van Cleve
Loving Reform and the Fight to Be Seen: LGBTQIA+ Perspectives in Conversation
Stewart Van Cleve, with reflections by Taylor Foster and Lyra McKnight
Augsburg's Health Commons: Caring for OurNeighbors in a World of Extremes
Muna Abdirahman and Katie Clark
Holding the Door Open: Access, Alternatives, and Agitation—Who Will Be the Next "First"?
Terrance Kwame-Ross
Authors and Participants in The Saga Project
Index
NOTE: Table of contents subject to change up until publication date.
