Ritual in Practice: Creating Epistemic Friction and Overcoming Ideological Imperviousness in an Introductory Religious Studies Class

Autor/in	Hotham, Matthew R.
Titel	Ritual in Practice: Creating Epistemic Friction and Overcoming Ideological Imperviousness in an Introductory Religious Studies Class
Quelle	In: Teaching Theology & Religion, 24 (2021) 4, S.205-218 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hotham, Matthew R.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1368-4868
DOI	10.1111/teth.12599
Schlagwörter	Introductory Courses; Religious Education; Ceremonies; Epistemology; Freedom; Assignments; Teaching Methods; Religious Factors; Ideology; State Universities; Program Descriptions; Religion + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Einführungskurs; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Zeremoniell; Erkenntnistheorie; Freiheit; Assignment; Auftrag; Zuweisung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ideologie; Staatliche Universität
Abstract	The Ritual in Practice Project, adapted from Elizabeth Corrie's Ascetic Withdrawal assignment, asks students in an introductory Religious Studies course at a public university to create a unique ritual practice, engage in it for a month, reflecting on it throughout the project. This activity attempts to circumvent what Jeanine Weakes Schoer calls "ideological imperviousness" by forcing students to encounter what Jose Medina has termed "epistemic friction" as they encounter their own "meta-blindness" about religious difference. Students realize that the class requires them to do more than acquire object-level information about religions, it asks them to examine how their own positionality shapes their perceptions of religion and religious difference. The Ritual in Practice Project is a form of "controlled failure" where students encounter the limitations of their own presuppositions about religious freedom in the U.S. and the relationship between belief in practice through an activity that seems low-stakes and even playful. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01