Faith in the Classroom
Miriam Rosalyn Diamond has edited a collection of essays designed to help faculty prepare themselves to "turn" potentially difficult discussions that may touch upon students' deeply held religious convictions into "constructive engagement."
The book's title is Encountering Faith in the Classroom and it was published by Stylus Publishing, LLC. in Sterling, Va. (2008). The editor is a faculty developer and coordinator of the Society for Values in Higher Education's Religion and Public Life Project.
Many of the authors of the essays collected in this volume are seasoned teachers and all share an abiding concern with the problems and possibilities that religious commitments bring to non-religious educational settings.
Because this book is a collection of essays rather than a monograph, it encourages selective reading. There is, for example, an essay written by a Professor of Law at Northwestern on the "role of religion and spirituality" in the law school classroom. There is another essay on the "science vs. religion" conflict. Other essays address potential legal issues that may arise when religion enters the discussion in public education, the potential for service learning to be a way for students to explore religious issues in the context of their secular education, undergraduate versus graduate students and the role of religion in the classroom, an African-American perspective of religion's role in education, and an exploration of the perspective of a religious fundamentalist.
For faculty who wish to see how specific difficult dialogues may be addressed, or how they may be addressed in a particular context, this book may be just the ticket.
The book's title is Encountering Faith in the Classroom and it was published by Stylus Publishing, LLC. in Sterling, Va. (2008). The editor is a faculty developer and coordinator of the Society for Values in Higher Education's Religion and Public Life Project.
Many of the authors of the essays collected in this volume are seasoned teachers and all share an abiding concern with the problems and possibilities that religious commitments bring to non-religious educational settings.
Because this book is a collection of essays rather than a monograph, it encourages selective reading. There is, for example, an essay written by a Professor of Law at Northwestern on the "role of religion and spirituality" in the law school classroom. There is another essay on the "science vs. religion" conflict. Other essays address potential legal issues that may arise when religion enters the discussion in public education, the potential for service learning to be a way for students to explore religious issues in the context of their secular education, undergraduate versus graduate students and the role of religion in the classroom, an African-American perspective of religion's role in education, and an exploration of the perspective of a religious fundamentalist.
For faculty who wish to see how specific difficult dialogues may be addressed, or how they may be addressed in a particular context, this book may be just the ticket.
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