On teaching religion : essays by Jonathan Z. Smith / edited by Christopher I. Lehrich.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Jonathan Z.
Other Authors: Lehrich, Christopher I.
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2013], ©2013.
Subjects:
Religion > Study and teaching.
Physical Description:viii, 164 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Approaching the college classroom
  • Religion in the academy
  • Introductory course: less is better
  • Basic problems in the study of religion
  • Scriptures and histories
  • Here and now: prospects for graduate education
  • Connections
  • Religious studies: whither (wither) and why?
  • Are theological and religious studies compatible?
  • Religion and religious studies: no difference at all
  • Academic profession
  • Re-forming the undergraduate curriculum: a retrospective
  • Why the college major?: questioning the great unexplained aspect of undergraduate education puzzlement
  • Puzzlement
  • Towards imagining new frontiers
  • To double business bound.