Teaching Critical Religious Studies

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Teaching Critical Religious Studies is written by Jenna Gray-Hildenbrand and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1350228435 (ISBN 10) and 9781350228436 (ISBN 13).

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.