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ERIC Number: EJ1457375
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Dec
Pages: 5
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1368-4868
EISSN: EISSN-1467-9647
Disciplined Comparison in the Undergraduate Theory and Method Classroom
Christopher Jensen
Teaching Theology & Religion, v27 n4 p163-167 2024
This article details the author's reimagining of the undergraduate theory and method course, in which intentional, disciplined comparison is employed to challenge and problematize traditional narratives about Religious Studies as an academic discipline. Doing so helps to answer calls to decolonize our curricula, not only by critiquing historical theorists, but also by including non-Western perspectives as sources of theory (as opposed to mere data to be studied). Such an approach is additionally pertinent in the author's Canadian institutional context, where traditional definitions of "religion" have been used to oppress Canada's Indigenous populations: a useful case study for explaining why such theorization matters.
Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2191/en-us
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Canada
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