RT Article
T1 Approaching Crisis in a Subjunctive Mode: Climate Change in Religious Studies Classrooms
JF Worldviews
VO 25
IS 1
SP 33
OP 47
A1 O'Brien, Kevin J. 1977-
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1753024307
AB Abstract An undergraduate course in religion is an ideal place to discuss climate change, and a key task in these classrooms should be teaching students to thoughtfully and critically engage narratives used to make sense of and respond to the issue. Debates about anthropogenic climate change depend upon broad stories about the nature of reality and the place of humans within it; scholars of religion can teach skills of rigorous analysis, thoughtful tolerance, contextual understanding, and critical thinking that will help students grapple with these narratives. Students who are trained to think this way gain skills to respond to the competing facts and despair that can all-too-often make talking and teaching about climate change difficult.
K1 Christian Ethics
K1 Meaning
K1 Narrative
K1 Pedagogy
K1 Climate Change
DO 10.1163/15685357-20211004