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Tag Archives: pedagogy
Painted Nails: Sexism, Privilege, and Desire
Every semester my students execute a deviance project in my “Introduction to Religion” course. I lecture on Pierre Bourdieu’s social theory and the concept of “habitus,” and we talk at length about how social codes are linked with social positions. … Continue reading
The Legacy of Structuralism: An Interview with Paul-François Tremlett (Part 3)
I interviewed Paul-François Tremlett in early 2012, hoping to draw out some of the links between his 2008 book Lévi-Strauss on Religion: The Structuring Mind (Equinox Publishing) and the relevance of the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss for the contemporary study of … Continue reading
Priming Students for Seeing White Privilege
Here’s a trick I use—which seems to work—in order to prime students to be predisposed to looking for rather than dismissing white privilege when I talk about race in my REL 101 course. I introduce the topic by pointing out … Continue reading
Posted in Craig Martin, Pedagogy
Tagged pedagogy, Race, racism, teaching, white privilege
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A Reflection on Teaching Cultural Diversity in the Elementary School Context: Is there a Place for the Study of Religion?
By Philip L. Tite For several months earlier this year I had the privilege of being involved with a private elementary school here in Seattle (working with children from pre-school to fifth grade), initially as a volunteer librarian during the … Continue reading
Laptops and theory in the Religious Studies classroom
Do you let your students bring their laptops to class? Personally, I’m torn. I love gadgets and hate to sound like a Luddite, but most of the research I’ve seen — not to mention my own experience — suggests that … Continue reading
Posted in Nathan Rein, Pedagogy
Tagged internet, J.Z. Smith, laptops, pedagogy, teaching, technology, theory
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Taking a Stab at Explaining Weber
I started my lecture yesterday by scanning the faces in the classroom and scrutinizing a few as a I panned across. Then I declared, “Wow. Someone in this room is going to be really, really embarrassed when they discover the … Continue reading
Posted in Craig Martin
Tagged pedagogy, Predestination, Protestantism, Weber, work ethic
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The Nature and Function of the Religious Studies Book Review (Part 3 of 3): Pedagogical Value and Closing Comments
By Philip L. Tite Continuing from Part 1 (the structure of the book review) and Part 2 (functions of the book review) of this essay, this final entry offers a discussion of the pedagogical usefulness of the book review along … Continue reading
The Nature and Function of the Religious Studies Book Review (Part 2 of 3): Functional Value of the Book Review
By Philip L. Tite Continuing from Part 1 of this essay, where suggestions on how to write or structure a book review were offered, this entry explores the functional aspects of the religious studies book review, with the final entry … Continue reading
The Nature and Function of the Religious Studies Book Review (Part 1 of 3): Writing the Book Review
By Philip L. Tite The following essay engages the religious studies book review from a structural, functional, and pedagogical perspective. Due to the size of this essay, it has been divided into three entries for the Bulletin Blog (to be … Continue reading