Teaching, Religion, Politics

Teaching Dual Nationalism: A Pedagogy of Displacement

Rebekka King
Assistant Professor
Middle Tennessee State University

As an anthropologist of religion, I have advocated that the skills one develops in an ethnographic setting are necessarily translated to the classroom. I’m a proponent of creating a space for students to serve as experts and to speak to their own. Read more →

Power to the Pupil, Power to the People! On Teaching Democracy

Nancy Lynne Westfield
Associate Professor of Religious Education
Drew University Theological School

The car service arrived at my house. I grabbed my purse, suitcase, and briefcase and hurried out the door making sure it was locked behind me. As scheduled, we stopped to pick up a colleague who was also Read more →

Tough Conversations, Safety, and Making Mistakes in Sacred Space

Randy Woodley
Distinguished Professor of Faith and Culture
George Fox University and Portland Seminary

Allow me to be honest. There are few things in my job that I dislike more than having a conversation with someone who is feigning objectivity or neutrality. I call it academic pretense. I cherish conversations. Read more →