| Description |
1 online resource (211 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Teaching Religion and Literature; The Organization of the Text; PART I: Foundational Approaches to Religion and Literature; 1. Teaching "Religion and Literature" Contextually; Religion and Literature: The Period of Shared Cultural Roles; Religion and Literature: Trying to Bridge a Widening Gap; Religion and Literature: Emerging from Subversion and Critique; Religion and Literature: Identifying New Relations; Notes; Bibliography |
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2. Teaching the Bible and LiteratureNotes; Bibliography; 3. Pedagogies of Religion and Literature, Or Writing the "And": Nathan Scott, Paul Ricoeur, Jacques Derrida; Nathan Scott's "Presence"; Paul Ricoeur's Aporia; Jacques Derrida's Elective Affinities; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; 4. Openings and Closures in Religion and Literature: Heart of Darkness or Demian, Life of Pi or Something New; Into Darkness: Traditions and Dimensions; Gnosis; Zimzum; Notes; Bibliography; PART II: Illuminating Religious Cultures with Literature |
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5. Surrender to God, Surrender to Love: Teaching Islam through the Poetry of Jalaluddin RumiTawhid: The Oneness of God; Fana' and Nafs: Annihilation and the Ego Self; Prophetic History; 'ishq: The Divine Force of Love; Teaching Rumi: Pedagogical Strategies; Integrating Sufism: Remembrance and Consciousness; Notes; Bibliography; 6. Using Fiction to "Explain" the Daoist Zhuang Zi; I; II; Notes; Bibliography; 7. Redeeming the Human Reality: Teaching African American Religion and Literature; Wade in the Water-Introduction to African American Religion and Literature |
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Deep River-Origins of African American Religion and LiteratureHow I Got Over-Slavery and Freedom in African American Religion and Literature; I Got a Right to the Tree of Life-Emancipation and Affirmation in African American Religion and Literature; We Shall Overcome-Justice and Hope in African American Religion and Literature; The Fire Next Time-Experimentation and Imagination in African American Religion and Literature; You've Got to Pay your Dues to Play the Blues: Sample Assignments for Teaching African American Religion and Literature; Notes; Bibliography |
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8. Science Fiction and the Religious Imagination: A Pedagogical ApproachOn Faith; On Evil; On "Mad" Scientists; Notes; Bibliography; PART III: Thematic Approaches to Religion and Literature; 9. Opening the Secular: Teaching Religion and Culture through Fiction; Teaching Literature in Religious Studies; Teaching Religion and Literature in Literature Courses; Notes; Bibliography; 10. Interrogating Faith: Using Literature to Teach Religion and Nature; Cultivating Integrative Thinking; Teaching Leap; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography |
| Summary |
Teaching Religion and Literature provides a practical engagement with the pedagogical possibilities of teaching religion courses using literature, teaching literature classes using religion, and teaching Religion and Literature as a discipline. Featuring chapters written by award winning teachers from a variety of institutional settings, the book gives anyone interested in providing interdisciplinary education a set of questions, resources, and tools that will deepen a classroom's engagement with the field. Chapters are grounded in specific texts and religious questions but are oriented toward engaging general pedagogical issues that allow each chapter to improve any instructor's engagement with interdisciplinary education. The book offers resources to instructors new to teaching Religion and Literature and provides definitions of what the field means from senior scholars in the field. Featuring a wide range of religious traditions, genres, and approaches, the book also provides an innovative glimpse at emerging possibilities for the sub-discipline |
| Notes |
11. Contesting and Contextualizing Islam in America: Teaching Three Cups of Tea |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Literature -- Study and teaching.
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Religion.
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Education -- Philosophy.
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Religion
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religion (discipline)
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RELIGION -- General.
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EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- Arts & Humanities.
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African-American Studies.
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American Studies.
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Aporia.
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Buddhism.
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Christianity.
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classroom.
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classroom models.
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contextuality.
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courses.
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culture.
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Daoism.
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Derrida.
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divine.
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divinity.
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Ego.
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Environmental Studies.
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Evil.
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engagement.
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Faith.
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Fana.
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God.
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gender.
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genre.
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Herman Hesse.
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humanity.
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Islam.
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Jacques Derrida.
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Jelaluddin Rumi.
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life writing.
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love.
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Mormonism.
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misrepresentation.
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misunderstanding.
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Nafs.
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Nathan Scott.
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narrative.
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narrativizing.
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nature.
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non-Western.
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Paul Ricoeur.
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Poetry.
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Prophet.
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pedagogy.
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piety.
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Religious Practice.
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representation.
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Secularism.
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Self.
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Siddhartha.
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science.
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science fiction.
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secular.
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slavery.
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subversion.
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Tahwid.
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the Bible.
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tradition.
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trinity.
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understanding.
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writing.
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Education -- Philosophy
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Literature -- Study and teaching
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Religion
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Levinovitz, Alan
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| ISBN |
9780429877186 |
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0429877188 |
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9780429877179 |
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042987717X |
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9780429877162 |
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0429877161 |
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9780429464959 |
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0429464959 |
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1138587907 |
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9781138587908 |
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