{"product_id":"teaching-religion-and-literature-9781138612709","title":"Teaching Religion and Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTeaching Religion and Literature\u003c\/em\u003e provides a practical engagement with the pedagogical possibilities of teaching religion courses using literature, teaching literature classes using religion, and teaching Religion and Literature as a discipline. Featuring chapters written by award winning teachers from a variety of institutional settings, the book gives anyone interested in providing interdisciplinary education a set of questions, resources, and tools that will deepen a classroom's engagement with the field. Chapters are grounded in specific texts and religious questions but are oriented toward engaging general pedagogical issues that allow each chapter to improve any instructor's engagement with interdisciplinary education. The book offers resources to instructors new to teaching Religion and Literature and provides definitions of what the field means from senior scholars in the field. Featuring a wide range of religious traditions, genres, and approaches, the book also pro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A timely collection of essays reckoning the historical spirit and future relevance of religion and literature, considerations offered with perspectives both limber in style and widely ranging in reach.\" --David Scott Arnold, Oregon State University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eList of Contributors\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Teaching Religion and Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDANIEL BOSCALJON AND ALAN LEVINOVITZ\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFoundational Approaches to Religion and Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1 \u003c\/strong\u003eTeaching \"Religion and Literature\" Contextually\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWESLEY A. KORT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2 \u003c\/strong\u003eTeaching the Bible and Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDAVID JASPER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Pedagogies of Religion and Literature, Or Writing the \"And\": Nathan Scott, Paul Ricoeur, Jacques Derrida\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRICHARD A. ROSENGARTEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Openings and Closures in Religion and Literature: \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eDemian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLife of Pi\u003c\/i\u003e or Something New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLARRY D. BOUCHARD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART II\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIlluminating Religious Cultures with Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Surrender to God, Surrender to Love: Teaching Islam through the Poetry of Jalaluddin Rumi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDANIELLE WIDMANN ABRAHAM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Using Fiction to \"Explain\" the Daoist \u003ci\u003eZhuang Zi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eALAN LEVINOVITZ\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Redeeming the Human Reality: Teaching African American Religion and Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKIMBERLY RAE CONNOR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Science Fiction and the Religious Imagination: A Pedagogical Approach \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJENNIFER ARDEN STONE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART III\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThematic Approaches to Religion and Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Opening the Secular: Teaching Religion and Culture through Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDANIEL BOSCALJON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Interrogating Faith: Using Literature to Teach Religion and Nature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNANCY MENNING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Contesting and Contextualizing Islam in America: Teaching \u003ci\u003eThree Cups of Tea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMICHAEL BALTUTIS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Religion and the Self: Life Writing as a Literary Form and Religious Practice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJOHN D. BARBOUR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART IV\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree Approaches to Teaching \u003ci\u003eSiddhartha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 Through a Buddhist Lens: Hermann Hesse’s \u003ci\u003eSiddhartha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCATHERINE BENTON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 Love and Apotheosis in Hesse’s \u003ci\u003eSiddhartha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePAUL FISCHER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 Literature, Learning and Liberation: Teaching Hermann Hesse’s \u003ci\u003eSiddhartha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePETER ROBERTS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577835393367,"sku":"9781138612709","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/teaching-religion-and-literature-9781138612709","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}