Empathy Beyond Us Borders - The Challenges of Transnational Civic Engagement

Why do colleges and churches travel to help distant others and what does transnational civic engagement actually accomplish?

List of contents

1. From distance to concern; Part I. Organizational Roots and Dilemmas: 2. At the border between education and action; 3. The problems of finding truth through travel; Part II. Activities, Emotions, and Empathy: 4. What immersion travelers feel all day; 5. Why it's better to walk than talk; Part III. Patterns of Experience and Transformation: 6. Guided unsettledness: how groups safely shape travel; 7. What changes and why?; 8. The possibilities and problems of immersion travel; Methodological appendix; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Gary J. Adler, Jr is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Pennsylvania State University. His research on culture, civic organizations, and religion has been published in numerous journals, including Social Problems, the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, and Social Science and Medicine. He is the editor of Secularism, Catholicism, and the Future of Public Life (2015) and co-editor of American Parishes: Remaking Local Catholicism (forthcoming).

Summary

For social scientists studying transnational civic engagement, activism or religious movements, this book analyzes how empathy, awareness, and motivation are organized through travel and cross-cultural engagement. Educational leaders who promote experiential learning or global citizenship programs can critically reflect on the organizational and cultural challenges of those initiatives.

Product details

• Authors: Gary Adler, Gary (Pennsylvania State University) Adler, Jr Adler, Jr. Adler, Gary J Adler Jr, Gary J. Adler Jr
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781108474566
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47456-6
• No. of pages: 314
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Social Th; Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics; Cambridge Studies in Social Th
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, International Relations, Political activism, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Philosophy of religion, Political activism / Political engagement