Scientology and Catholicism Do Mix: A Note on Teaching New Religions in a Catholic Classroom

Autor/in	Schmalz, Mathew N.
Titel	Scientology and Catholicism Do Mix: A Note on Teaching New Religions in a Catholic Classroom
Quelle	In: Teaching Theology & Religion, 9 (2006) 1, S.29-36 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1368-4868
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-9647.2006.00258.x
Schlagwörter	Religion Studies; Theological Education; Catholics; Liberal Arts; Teaching Methods; Comparative Analysis; Religious Cultural Groups; Beliefs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Religionswissenschaft; Katholik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Kirchliche Gruppe; Religionszugehörigkeit; Belief; Glaube
Abstract	This note from the classroom explores teaching new or alternative religions within the context of a Roman Catholic Liberal Arts College. The essay will specifically focus on a section of a course entitled "Modern Religious Movements" in which students were asked to consider different methodological approaches to the teaching and study of Scientology and the Catholic cult of the Virgin Mary. This note from the classroom details how this rather unexpected comparison prompted students to reconsider the category "cult" and argues that encouraging self-reflexivity in a largely Catholic classroom can become a crucial means for engaging a broader discussion of new religions, cult discourse, and the academic study of religion itself. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10