Messing Around with Introductory Religion Courses in Canada

This is a story about the challenges and virtues of messiness for scholarship and teaching in academia generally, and Religious Studies in particular. It begins when I was first hired to teach Introduction to the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto Mississauga. It continues with a discuss...

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Published in:Religious studies and theology
Main Author: Derry, Ken (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. 2019
In: Religious studies and theology
Further subjects:B Experiential
B Fieldwork
B Canada
B World Religions Paradigm
B study abroad
B messy
B Food
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Summary:This is a story about the challenges and virtues of messiness for scholarship and teaching in academia generally, and Religious Studies in particular. It begins when I was first hired to teach Introduction to the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto Mississauga. It continues with a discussion of research into how introductory religion courses are taught in Canada, and reflection on that research - which includes examples of student learning from a world religions summer course I have taught in Hong Kong since 2012. It ends with a consideration of the ways in which messiness has been a key component of Michel Desjardins’ own scholarship and teaching.
ISSN:1747-5414
Contains:Enthalten in: Religious studies and theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/rsth.38815