Teaching Undergraduate Research in Religious Studies

Teaching Undergraduate Research in Religious Studies
Author: Bernadette McNary-Zak
Publisher: OUP USA
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2011-09-14
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0199732868

This text offers an introduction to the philosophy and practice of undergraduate research in religious studies and takes up several significant ongoing questions related to it.

Undergraduate Research in Religious Studies

Undergraduate Research in Religious Studies
Author: Ruben Dupertuis
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2023-05-30
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1000884562

Undergraduate Research in Religious Studies provides students and faculty with an invaluable guide to conducting research projects across all areas in the study of religion. With an emphasis on student-faculty collaboration, this concise book addresses the key areas, methods, and practical issues to inform the practice of original undergraduate research across a wide range of subdisciplines. In fourteen short chapters, the authors lay out the stages of the research process and different research methodologies; discuss approaches, examples, and ethical issues particular to religious studies; and address the unique value and challenges of collaborative research with undergraduate students, including case studies of student-faculty collaboration. Designed to be utilized by students and faculty as both a textbook and reference, this book offers an essential resource for all those engaging in or leading undergraduate research across religious studies.

How to Get Started in Arts and Humanities Research with Undergraduates

How to Get Started in Arts and Humanities Research with Undergraduates
Author: Iain Crawford
Publisher: Council on Undergraduate Research
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2019-06-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0941933059

How to Get Started in Arts and Humanities Research with Undergraduates is designed for faculty members and administrators who wish to develop opportunities for undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative work in the arts and humanities. Since the scholarly norms, definitions of research, and roles of collaboration and individual study in the arts and humanities can differ from those in the sciences, the book contributes new ideas for meaningful student participation in the scholarship of these disciplines and for connections to faculty work. Written by faculty with substantial expertise in working with undergraduate researchers, the book’s 11 chapters offer models of successful practice in a wide range of disciplines and cross-disciplinary programs, and demonstrate the integral role of undergraduate research in these disciplines.

Making Sense in Religious Studies

Making Sense in Religious Studies
Author: Margot Northey
Publisher: Making Sense
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2018
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780199026838

"An indispensable guide for students in any area of religious studies, the third edition of Making Sense in Religious Studies offers up-to-date, detailed information on: writing essays, book reports, and book reviews; writing chapter summaries and article reviews; reading religious texts; learning languages; conducting research and evaluating academic sources; using electronic journal databases and online library resources; taking advantage of new technologies to enhance learning and research; using student writing centres; documenting sources with the latest CMS, MLA, and APA guidelines; avoiding plagiarism; eliminating problems with grammar, punctuation, and usage; delivering oral presentations and using graphic presentation software; studying for tests and exams; understanding the diverse subjects, methods, and approaches that shape religious studies."-- Publisher's description.

Undergraduate Research in Film

Undergraduate Research in Film
Author: Lucia Ricciardelli
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2019-07-19
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0429939191

Undergraduate Research in Film: A Guide for Students supplies tools for building research skills, with examples of undergraduate research activities and case studies on projects in the various areas in the study of film, film theory, film production, history of film, and interdisciplinary projects. Professors and students can use it as a text and/or a reference book. Essentially, what makes this volume unique is that it brings together examples of film projects and film studies courses within the framework of research skills. Following an overview chapter, the next seven chapters cover research skills including writing literature reviews, choosing topics and formulating questions,working with human subjects, collecting and analyzing data, citing sources and disseminating results. A wide variety of sub-disciplines follow in chapters 9-16 with sample project ideas from each, as well as undergraduate research conference abstracts. The final chapter is an annotated guide to online resources. All chapters begin with inspiring quotations and end with relevant discussion questions.

Teaching Critical Religious Studies

Teaching Critical Religious Studies
Author: Jenna Gray-Hildenbrand
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2022-08-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1350228435

Are you teaching religious studies in the best way possible? Do you inadvertently offer simplistic understandings of religion to undergraduate students, only to then unpick them at advanced levels? This book presents case studies of teaching methods that integrate student learning, classroom experiences, and disciplinary critiques. It shows how critiques of the scholarship of religious studies-including but not limited to the World Religions paradigm, Christian normativity, Orientalism, colonialism, race, gender, sexuality, and class-can be effectively integrated into all courses, especially at an introductory level. Integrating advanced critiques from religious studies into actual pedagogical practices, this book offers ways for scholars to rethink their courses to be more reflective of the state of the field. This is essential reading for all scholars in religious studies.

In Search of the Good Life

In Search of the Good Life
Author: Rebecca Todd Peters
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2006-03-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780826418586

Provides a helpful overview of the complicated contemporary debates about globalization. This book argues that our moral task is to ensure that globalization proceeds in ways that honour creation and life, and that any theory of globalization ought to be grounded in values that emphasize a democratized understanding of power.

Being Black, Teaching Black

Being Black, Teaching Black
Author: Nancy Lynne Westfield
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2010-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 142673185X

In this volume a group of eminent African American scholars of religious and theological studies examine the problems and prospects of black scholarship in the theological academy. They assess the role that prominent black scholars have played in transforming the study and teaching of religion and theology, the need for a more thorough-going incorporation of the fruits of black scholarship into the mainstream of the academic study of religion, and the challenges and opportunities of bringing black art, black intellectual thought, and black culture into predominantly white classrooms and institutions.

The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research

The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research
Author: Harald A. Mieg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 877
Release: 2022-07-07
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1108874673

Undergraduate Research (UR) can be defined as an investigation into a specific topic within a discipline by an undergraduate student that makes an original contribution to the field. It has become a major consideration among research universities around the world, in order to advance both academic teaching and research productivity. Edited by an international team of world authorities in UR, this Handbook is the first truly comprehensive and systematic account of undergraduate research, which brings together different international approaches, with attention to both theory and practice. It is split into sections covering different countries, disciplines, and methodologies. It also provides an overview of current research and theoretical perspectives on undergraduate research as well as future developmental prospects of UR. Written in an engaging style, yet wide-ranging in its scope, it is essential reading for anyone wishing to broaden their understanding of how undergraduate research is implemented worldwide.

The Georgetown Companion to Interreligious Studies

The Georgetown Companion to Interreligious Studies
Author: Lucinda Mosher
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Total Pages: 565
Release: 2022-06-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1647121647

The Georgetown Companion to Interreligious Studies provides fifty thought-provoking chapters on the field’s unique history, priorities, challenges, pedagogies, and practical applications, written by an international roster of experts and practitioners across religious traditions. This will serve as a valuable reference to students in the field.