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On Teaching Religion : Essays by Jonathan Z. Smith.

For more than thirty years, Jonathan Z. Smith has been among the most important voices of critical reflection within the academic study of religion. Smith has also produced a significant corpus of essays and lectures on teaching and on the essential role of academic scholarship on religion in matter...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lehrich, Christopher I.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, USA, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; A Prefatory Note; Introduction: Approaching the College Classroom; PART I: Religion in the Academy; 1 The Introductory Course: Less Is Better; 2 Basic Problems in the Study of Religion; 3 Scriptures and Histories; 4 Here and Now: Prospects for Graduate Education; 5 Connections; 6 Religious Studies: Whither (Wither) and Why?; 7 Are Theological and Religious Studies Compatible?; 8 "Religion" and "Religious Studies": No Difference at All; PART II: The Academic Profession; 9 Re-Forming the Undergraduate Curriculum: A Retrospective
  • 10 Why the College Major? Questioning the Great, Unexplained Aspect of Undergraduate Education11 Puzzlement; 12 Towards Imagining New Frontiers; 13 To Double Business Bound; Editorial Remarks: Christopher I. Lehrich; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y