Teaching for Religious Literacy

Autor/in	Gallagher, Eugene V.
Titel	Teaching for Religious Literacy
Quelle	In: Teaching Theology & Religion, 12 (2009) 3, S.208-221 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1368-4868
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-9647.2009.00523.x
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Required Courses; Christianity; Religious Education; Religion Studies; Values Education; Instructional Design; Spiritual Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pflichtkurs; Christentum; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Religionswissenschaft; Werterziehung; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf
Abstract	Stephen Prothero's "Religious Literacy" makes a strong case that minimal religious literacy is an essential requirement for contemporary U. S. citizens. He argues further that high schools and colleges should offer required courses in the study of religion in order to help students reach that baseline literacy. Beyond the general recommendation that such courses focus on biblical literacy and the history of Christianity, however, Prothero does not sketch out his proposal for teaching religious literacy. This essay argues that in addition to providing factual knowledge, teaching for religious literacy needs to involve sustained attention to how religious people use that factual information to orient themselves in the world, express their individual and group self-understanding, and give their lives direction and meaning. Such attention to the dynamics of religious life can also help students understand why human beings have persisted in this mode of behavior. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10