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The word in the English classroom : best practices of faith integration / editors, Jamie Dessart, Brad Gambill.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--Study and teaching.
- American literature.
- English literature--Study and teaching.
- English literature.
- Faith--Study and teaching.
- Faith.
- Faith in literature.
- Christianity in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (196 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Abilene, TX : Abilene Christian University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- If you teach at a faith-based college or university, you've probably heard much about "integrating faith and learning." But what does that actually look like? What do you do when you walk in the classroom door? In this book, editors Jamie Dessart and Brad Gambill have brought together English professors from across the spectrum of Christian higher education, inviting contributors to reflect on how faith and scholarship intersect in their particular academic areas and Christian traditions. The authors represent a broad range of Christian faith and a variety of specializations within the field of English, including composition and rhetoric, creative writing, literature, and media studies. They write honestly and specifically about their work, confessing successes and failures, intentional plans and accidents that flopped or initiated new ways of thinking. As you read each chapter, you'll gain another view of what it can mean to negotiate faith in the classroom, as the authors share reflections on courses and lessons they've taught. Many of us are still working to understand how faith and scholarship should collaborate in our classrooms. This volume offers an important look into current practice in order to promote even further development for the future.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""The Heart on the Table""; ""Reading Jane Eyre with Would-Be Janes""; ""From “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow� to Empire Falls""; ""Let There Be Light""; ""Traversing the Wilderness and Roaming the Countryside""; ""The Wheel of Fate""; ""Fostering Faithful Minds in the Early World Literature Survey""; ""The English Professor as Teacher Scholar""; ""Seeing “the clearest gods�""; ""At the Intersection of Faith in Freshman Composition""; ""Shaping Life into Word""; ""Teaching as Local Politics""; ""“Jesus Thown Everything Off Balance�""
- ""“Take Nothing for the Journey Except a Staff �""""The Politics of Adaptation""; ""Who Teaches Like Him?""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-89112-821-2
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