Teaching the Introductory Course in Religious Studies

Teaching the Introductory Course in Religious Studies
Author: Mark Juergensmeyer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 330
Release: 1991
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Collection of introductory articles on teaching religious studies; extended references to major texts and basic ideas; article by J.H. Martin on Aboriginal religion annotated separately.

Introduction to Religious Studies

Introduction to Religious Studies
Author: Paul O. Myhre
Publisher: Anselm Academic Christian Brothers Pub.
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780884899761

Filling the need for a clear, solid overview to introduction to religious studies courses, this text is neither too broad nor too narrow. Chapters explore what religion is and how it is formed and studied; religious experience; truth claims; ethics and moral theology; violence and religion; social involvement; religion and the environment; asceticism and mysticism; religion, technology, and science; religions and their words, stories, writings, and books; and more. The text respects cultural considerations and the contemporary global climate in showing religious studies in action and exploring questions of theory, method, and research. The contributing authors are in tune with college students' interests and are well suited to address the issues and methods of religious studies. Designed for college students taking their first course in the study of religion, such as introduction to religious studies and world religions.

Teaching the Introductory Course in Religious Studies

Teaching the Introductory Course in Religious Studies
Author: Mark Juergensmeyer
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 310
Release: 1991
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781555405991

Originally Published by Scholars Press Now Available from Duke University Press Teaching the Introductory Course in Religious Studiesis a comprehensive, hands-on guide to creating a thoughtful and effective course in world religions and introduction to religion. It contains clear and succinct essays on the different ways the course can be conceived, practical hints for the classroom, sample syllabuses and bibliographies, and advice from experts in each of the world’s religious traditions on what aspects of their tradition should be emphasized and what stereotypes should be avoided. It also contains essays on “how I teach the introductory course” by such leading figures in the field as Huston Smith, Robert Bellah, Jonathan Z. Smith, Ninian Smart, and Wilfred Cantwell Smith.

Studying Religion

Studying Religion
Author: Russell T. McCutcheon
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2014-12-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1317491661

Widely used as a primer, a text and a provocation to critical thinking, 'Studying Religion' aims to develop students' skills. The book clearly explains the methods and theories employed in the study of religion. Essays are offered on a range of topics: from the history and functions of religion to public discourse on religion and the classification of religions. The works of key scholars - from Karl Marx, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Rudolf Otto to Mircea Eliade, James G. Frazer, and Sigmund Freud - are analysed and explored. 'Studying Religion' represents a shift away from the traditional focus of describing the exotic or curious religious 'Other' to an examination of how religious behaviours and institutions are studied. The book will be invaluable to students of religious studies.

On Teaching Religion

On Teaching Religion
Author: Jonathan Z. Smith
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2013-01-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0199944296

On Teaching Religion collects the best of Jonathan Z. Smith's essays and lectures into one volume.

Queer Religiosities

Queer Religiosities
Author: Melissa M. Wilcox
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2020-02-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1442275685

Queer Religiosities is the first comprehensive, comparative, and globally focused introduction to queer and transgender studies in religion. Addressing sophisticated topics in clear and accessible language, award-winning teacher and scholar Melissa M. Wilcox brings her engaging lecture style into conversation with the work of scholars around the globe to welcome students into these rapidly growing fields. Following an introduction to key concepts in religious studies, queer studies, and transgender studies and an overview of the history of transgender and queer studies in religion, thematic chapters address the topics of stories, conversations, practices, identities, communities, and politics and power. This inherently comparative organization helps readers to understand the details and complexities of religions, genders, and sexualities as they are lived out around the world. Additional resources include study questions, discussion questions, suggestions for further reading, a glossary, an annotated filmography, and a selected bibliography to encourage further study.

Teaching Death and Dying

Teaching Death and Dying
Author: Christopher M. Moreman
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2008
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0195335228

The academic study of death rose to prominence during the 1960s. Courses on some aspect of death and dying can now be found at most institutions of higher learning. These courses tend to stress the psycho-social aspects of grief and bereavement, however, ignoring the religious elements inherent to the subject. This collection is the first to address the teaching of courses on death and dying from a religious-studies perspective. The book is divided into seven sections. The hope is that this volume will not only assist teachers in religious studies departments to prepare to teach unfamiliar and emotionally charged material, but also help to unify a field that is now widely scattered across several disciplines.

A Critical Introduction to the Study of Religion

A Critical Introduction to the Study of Religion
Author: Craig Martin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2017-04-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1315474395

A Critical Introduction to the Study of Religion introduces the key concepts and theories from religious studies that are necessary for a full understanding of the complex relations between religion and society. The aim is to provide readers with an arsenal of critical concepts for studying religious ideologies, practices, and communities. This thoroughly revised second edition has been restructured to clearly emphasize key topics including: Essentialism Functionalism Authority Domination. All ideas and theories are clearly illustrated, with new and engaging examples and case studies throughout, making this the ideal textbook for students approaching the subject area for the first time.

Teaching and Learning Religion

Teaching and Learning Religion
Author: Davina C. Lopez
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2023-09-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 135027870X

Eugene V. Gallagher and Patricia O'Connell have influenced a generation of religious studies professors through their leadership in Wabash Center teaching workshops. In this book, contributors pay tribute to their influence and build on their insights in short essays focused on three perennial themes: Place, Plan, and Persona. Firstly, the book considers how negotiating your institutional context is essential to effective teaching. Reflections include essays on places of learning, the interaction between person and place, and the online teaching environment. Secondly, the contributors explore how effective teaching requires intentional self-critical design of students' intellectual experience, from the arc of the course, to the scope and purpose of the curriculum. Topics include planning for playfulness, teaching 'strangeness', and strengthening student engagement. In the final section on persona, topics include humour in the classroom, authenticity in the teaching profession, team teaching, and ungrading. This book contributes to the scholarship of teaching and learning in religious studies and higher education by engaging Gallagher and Killen's insights, and by exploring a range of perspectives on core and enduring pedagogical concepts and 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.