Teaching Critical Religious Studies: Pedagogy and Critique in the Classroom

Synopsis

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.

Copyright:

2023

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781350228436

Related ISBNs:

9781350228412

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing

Date of Addition:

08/10/22

Copyrighted By:

Jenna Gray-Hildenbrand, Beverley McGuire, Hussein Rashid, and contributors

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Religion and Spirituality, Education, Social Studies

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Jenna Gray-Hildenbrand

Edited by:

Beverley McGuire

Edited by:

Hussein Rashid