On teaching religion / essays by Jonathan Z. Smith ; edited by Christopher I. Lehrich.

By:

Smith, Jonathan Z

Contributor(s):

Lehrich, Christopher I

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780190258375
0190258373
0199944296
9780199944293
9780199944309
019994430X

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:

200.71 23

LOC classification:

BL41 .S645 2013

Other classification:

11.04

Online resources:

Click here to access online

Contents:

Approaching the college classroom -- Religion in the academy -- Introductory course: less is better -- Basic problems in the study of religion -- Scriptures and histories -- Here and now: prospects for graduate education -- Connections -- Religious studies: whither (wither) and why? -- Are theological and religious studies compatible? -- Religion and religious studies: no difference at all -- Academic profession -- Re-forming the undergraduate curriculum: a retrospective -- Why the college major?: questioning the great unexplained aspect of undergraduate education puzzlement -- Puzzlement -- Towards imagining new frontiers -- To double business bound.

Summary: For more than thirty years, Jonathan Z. Smith has been among the most important voices of critical reflection within the academic study of religion. He has also produced a significant corpus of essays and lectures on teaching and on the essential role of academic scholarship on religion in matters of education and public policy. Smith's writings on these crucial issues for education have been largely inaccessible until now.

Item type:

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Electronic-Books	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus	E-Books EBSCO			Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

For more than thirty years, Jonathan Z. Smith has been among the most important voices of critical reflection within the academic study of religion. He has also produced a significant corpus of essays and lectures on teaching and on the essential role of academic scholarship on religion in matters of education and public policy. Smith's writings on these crucial issues for education have been largely inaccessible until now.

Print version record.

eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.