{"product_id":"called-to-reckon-replacing-history-and-reclaiming-mission-at-a-midwestern-college-paperback-softback-9780809339853","title":"Called to Reckon; Replacing History and Reclaiming Mission at a Midwestern College (Paperback \/ softback) 9780809339853","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCalled to Reckon\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eReplacing History and Reclaiming Mission at a Midwestern College\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJane E. Simonsen (Edited by), Steven Bahls (Foreword by), Harrison Phillis (Contributions by), Sarah Lashley (Contributions by), Lauren Hammond-Ford (Contributions by), Monica M. Smith (Contributions by), Chris Strunk (Contributions by), Lizandra Gomez-Ramirez (Contributions by), Robert Burke (Contributions by), Mark Safstrom (Contributions by), Jason A. Mahn (Contributions by), Andrea Talentino (Epilogue by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780809339853\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 January 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e372 pages, 27 images\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.476 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What happens when a college creates time and space to think about the ways that it has changed over its history? The result is beautifully documented in this book: a reframing of the institution's story that gives credit to the past, confesses mistakes made along the way, and re-situates the institution in its (markedly different) twenty-first century setting. Academic leaders at all levels, and across the entire higher education landscape, have much to learn from this institution's remarkable effort.\"— David S. Cunningham, author of \u003ci\u003eReading is Believing\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eVocation Across the Academy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In a world grappling with ecological despair, divisive paradigms, and spiritual disconnection, this book offers a luminous and grounded vision for hope. It calls us back into the sacredness of inclusion and deeper reflection. This is not only a work of literary beauty—it is a theological and pedagogical reckoning.\"— Lamont Anthony Wells, executive director of the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bold, necessary model for institutional self-examination\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAugustana College, a predominantly white institution in Rock Island, Illinois, was founded by Swedish Lutheran settlers with a mission to educate for the common good and \"serve the neighbor so that all may flourish.\" This collection—written by historians, alumnae, diversity leaders, and religion scholars—reveals the stories of those who have held the college accountable to its foundational mission. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing from archival research and interviews with students, staff, faculty, administrators, and community members, \u003ci\u003eCalled to Reckon\u003c\/i\u003e weaves together issues of race, indigeneity, sexuality, religion, and belonging, linking past conflicts to present-day challenges. The essays examine the \"town and gown\" dynamic, exploring tensions between the college and its more diverse surrounding community. Other contributors recount key moments in the growing presence and power of Black students on campus from 1925 to 1975, placed in the context of African and African American history. A chapter documents the history of Latinos\/x Unidos, while another essay demonstrates how queer members of the Augustana community helped reshape the campus in the post-Stonewall era. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy placing Augustana's history in conversation with broader movements, this book offers a rich, critical perspective on the liberal arts tradition itself. It makes a key contribution to the growing field of whiteness studies, particularly in the understudied Midwest, and is an essential read for anyone committed to understanding how educational institutions can move toward justice—not just in aspiration, but in action. Useful for faculty, administrators, staff, and trustees alike\u003ci\u003e, Called to Reckon\u003c\/i\u003e challenges all of higher education to live up to its highest ideals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStephen Bahls\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction. Naming Our Ghosts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarrison Phillis and Jane Simonsen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Towards Right Relations with Native Neighbors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJane Simonsen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. Serving Students and Neighbors: Community Implications of Campus Expansion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSarah Lashley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Performing Blackness: A History in Three Acts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLauren Hammond-Ford and Jane Simonsen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. Institutionalizing Voices of the Marginalized: A Journey toward Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMonica M. Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. Contested Counterspaces: Creating \u003ci\u003eLatinos\/x Unidos\u003c\/i\u003e at a Midwestern College\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChris Strunk and Lizandra Gomez-Ramirez\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. Queering the Landscape: Radical Hospitality at the \"Good Life\" College\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Burke\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. Toward a Pedagogy of Accompaniment: Transformative Community, Spiritual Formation, and Augustana's Useable Past\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMark Safstrom\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. The Value(s) of Lutheran Liberal Arts in a Neoliberal Age\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJason A. Mahn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndrea Talentino\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Southern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555658494232,"sku":"9780809339853","price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/called-to-reckon-replacing-history-and-reclaiming-mission-at-a-midwestern-college-paperback-softback-9780809339853","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}