Interreligious-interfaith studies : defining a new field / edited by Eboo Patel, Jennifer Howe Peace, Noah J. Silverman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Patel, Eboo, 1975- editor.

Peace, Jennifer Howe, editor.

Silverman, Noah J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Study and teaching.

Religion.

Religions--Relations.

Religions.

Relations.

Interfaith relations.

Local Subjects:

Religion--Study and teaching.

Religions--Relations.

Physical Description:

xxi, 262 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2018]

Summary:

A groundbreaking academic anthology that explores the emerging field of interreligious/interfaith studies. It includes sections on the field's theoretical constructions, pedagogy and classroom practices, challenges and tensions, and applications beyond the classroom from a range of disciplinary backgrounds.

Contents:

(Inter)religious studies: making a home in the secular academy / Kate McCarthy

From the history of religions to interfaith studies: a theological educator's exercise in adaptation / Deanna Ferree Womack

Common ground: imagining interfaith studies as an inclusive, interdisciplinary field / Elizabeth Kubek

Constructing interreligious studies: thinking critically about interfaith studies and the interfaith movement / Amy L. Allocco, Geoffrey D. Claussen, Brian K. Pennington

Learning from the field: six themes from interfaith/interreligious studies curricula / Kristi Del Vecchio, Noah J. Silverman

Transforming introductory courses in religion: from world religions to interreligious studies / Kevin Minister

Using the case method in interfaith studies classrooms / Ellie Pierce

Teaching the "most beautiful of stories" : narrative reflection as a signature pedagogy for interfaith studies / Matthew Maruggi, Martha E. Stortz

A pedagogy of listening: teaching the Qur'an to non-Muslims / Michael Birkel

Meeting others, seeing myself : experiential pedagogies in interfaith studies / Wakoh Shannon Hickey, Margarita M. W. Suárez

Six issues that complicate interreligious studies and engagement / Rachel S. Mikva

The promising practice of antiracist approaches to interfaith studies / Jeannine Hill Fletcher

The possibility of solidarity: evangelicals and the field of interfaith studies / Marion H. Larson, Sara L. H. Shady

Water, climate, stars, and place: toward an interspecies interfaith belonging / Lisa E. Dahill

The value of interreligious education for religious leaders / Jennifer Howe Peace, Or N. Rose

From prison religion to interfaith leadership for institutional change / Barbara A. McGraw

Interfaith studies and the professions: could heightened religious understanding seed success within secular careers? / Mark E. Hanshaw with Usra Ghazi

Toward an interreligious city: a case study / Heather Miller Rubens, Homayra Ziad, Benjamin E. Sax.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-252) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Interfaith-interreligious studies

ISBN:

9780807019979

0807019976

OCLC:

1013481754

Publisher Number:

40028478209