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Using Art to Activate Learning in the Classroom, Part I
It is no secret that the arts are powerful tools that can be used in any classroom to challenge, liberate, expand, complicate, and even heal aspects of our educational practices. The visual arts, in particular, not only allow us to connect in deeper ways with the content and context of ...

Teaching Qur’anic Exegesis in English
As anyone who takes on the task will appreciate, teaching the Qur’an is an incredibly challenging undertaking. The scripture bears out multiple layers of meaning and finds expression across a range of literary devices: parables, similitudes, hyperbole, sacred narratives, direct exhortations, and so on. Moreover, my students – like most ...

Interreligious Dialogue and Practice
A 2013 course taught by Reid B. Locklin at University of Toronto "offers an advanced introduction to religious diversity as a feature of contemporary Christian life, thought and practice." The course includes a service learning in the city of Toronto.

Spiritual Ecology

Seminar in Early Judaism
A 2008 course by John Reeves at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte treats issues "in the study of early Judaism as construed chronologically from the beginning of the Second Temple to the Arab conquest of Syria-Palestine."

New Testament Theology and History
A 2013 course by Ian Scott at Tyndale Seminary sets the New Testament "in its cultural and historical setting" and treats its theological import.

Skepticism, Atheism, and Religious Faith
A 2007 course by Dana Hollander at McMaster University studies "key work in modern Western philosophy and religious thought that propose different ways of conceiving God and approaching religion."

The Sacred Sites of Asia: A Georeferenced Multimedia Instructional Resource
Design and construction of a geospatially-referenced, multimedia World Wide Web site for the study of sacred sites in Asia that will provide an important instructional resource that can be utilized in a range of undergrad and grad courses on the religions of Asia in depts. of religion and theology in ...

The Sacred Sites of Asia: A Georeferenced Multimedia Instructional Resource
Support for the development of a georeferenced multimedia Web site for the study of sacred sites in Asia that can be utilized as an instructional resource in a range of undergraduate and graduate courses on Asian religions and cultures at educational institutions throughout the world.

Colloquy on the Pedagogy of the Archive: Teaching and Learning Through Stone-Campbell Special Collections and Archives
The Stone-Campbell Movement has a rich history in the United States, which is preserved and accessible at locations throughout the country. These collections are within seminaries and religiously affiliated colleges and universities within the Churches of Christ (COC), Disciples of Christ (DOC), and Independent Christian Church traditions of the Stone-Campbell ...

Biblical Hebrew Language Resource Project
Support for development of an electronic Biblical Hebrew language resource tool designed for ease of adoption and adaptation by colleges, seminaries and translation training programs along with the necessary bibliographic resource database.

Creating a Culture of Pedagogical Reflection in the Hastings College Department of Philosophy and Religion
As in most departments across the country, the religion faculty at Hastings College has had few formal opportunities to reflect critically on our pedagogy, especially from a theoretical perspective. To this end, our proposed project will seek to establish 1) a working reference library that can be utilized for informing teaching ...

A Guide for Leaders in Higher Education: Core Concepts, Competencies, and Tools
Brent Ruben, Richard De Lisi, and Ralph Gigliotti, all colleagues at Rutgers University, combine their teaching, research, and work expertise into a volume meant to be a “guide and a resource” (xviii) not only for current but also aspiring leaders, and those in less formal leadership roles on college campuses. ...

Teaching the I Ching (Book of Changes)
The I Ching (or Yijing, Book of Changes) is one of the great works of world literature, but at first approach it can be perplexing at best. Geoffrey Redmond is a scholar of textual criticism and Asian spiritual traditions (he is also an MD). Tze-ki Hon, professor of history at ...

The Essential Department Chair: A Comprehensive Desk Reference, 2nd Edition
This second edition of the informative and influential The Essential Department Chair offers academic chairs and department heads the information they need to excel in their roles. This book is about the \"how\" of academic administration: for instance, how do you cultivate a potential donor for much-needed departmental resources? How ...

Learning, Development and Education: From Learning Theory to Education and Practice
There can be no question that understanding (implicit or explicit) learning theory undergirds effective teaching. This is especially true when instructional topics become confusing or diverge from the common experience of students. Many of the topics students encounter as they study theology and religion fall into this category, and it ...

Understanding Bible by Design: Create Courses with Purpose
Lester, Webster, and Jones came together from different academic contexts to create a practical, succinct resource for professors on course design. Lester and his co-authors set out to demonstrate how the principles of Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe’s 2005 updated Understanding by Design (UbD) model can be applied to theological ...