Forum: Teaching With,Against, and To Faith |
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| Authors: | Carolyn M. Jones Medine Todd Penner Marjorie Lehman |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Georgia;2. , Tampa, Florida;3. Jewish Theological Seminary of America |
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| Abstract: | These three articles deal with the issue of faith in the classroom – whether one should teach “to,” “for,” or “against” faith. While their institutional settings and experiences are different, the authors all contend that more serious reflection needs to be given to the matter of how religious commitment plays out in our diverse pedagogical settings. The initial article by Carolyn Medine surveys the current climate regarding student spirituality in the classroom, the broader governmental concerns, and, the tensions that inform the choices available to a professor. Todd Penner's essay analyzes faith‐as‐ideology in the undergraduate classroom, and Marjorie Lehman's contribution analyzes how the issue manifests differently in Jewish Studies. |
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| Keywords: | Religion in school public life and higher education students secularity pluralism liberal arts Grounded Openness ideology study of Talmudic texts Miami Beach |
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