This volume, like its series companions, goes beyond simple "how-to" to discuss the implementation of service-learning within religious studies and what that discipline contributes to the pedagogy of service learning.

Foreword¿Raymond Brady Williams About This Series¿Edward Zlotkowski Introduction¿Richard Devine, Josef Hellebrandt and Michael McLain Part I. Service-Learning and the Discipline of Religious Studies 1. Service-Learning and the Dilemma of Religious Studies. Descriptive or Normative?¿Fred Glennon 2. Creating the Engaged University. Service-Learning, Religious Studies, and Institutional Mission¿Charles R. Strain Part II. Service-Learning and Its Communities 3. Making Meaning. Reflections on Community, Service, and Learning¿Keith Morton 4. On En/Countering the Other¿Elizabeth M. Bounds, Barbara A.B. Patterson, and Tina Pippin 5. Service-Learning and Community Partnerships. Curricula of Mutuality¿Peter M. Antoci and Sandra K. Smith Speck 6. Expanding the Horizon of Engagement. Pioneering Work at the University of Denver¿M. Elizabeth Blissman Part III. Course s 7. Toward an Assessment-Based Approach to Service-Learning Course Design¿Thomas G. McGowan 8. Service-Learning in an Introduction to Theology Course¿Robert Masson 9. "God and Human Suffering" as a Service-Learning Course¿Chris Johnson 10. "Religion and Social Engagement. Labor and Business Ethics"¿John Leahy and Kim Bobo 11. Making a Difference With Service-Learning. "Christian Ethics and Modern Problems"¿Walther H. Schuman 12. The Interweaving of "World Religions" and Service-Learning in a Community College Setting¿Raj Ayyar 13. The Role of Service-Learning in the Transformation of "Islam. Faith and Practice"¿Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus 14. "The History and Religion of Ancient Israel". An Introductory Course to the Hebrew Bible¿Bradley D. Dudley 15. "Fieldwork in the Jewish Community"¿Terry Smith Hatkoff Appendix 1. Print and Electronic Resource Guide 2. Contributors to This Volume