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Fruitful Conversations in Religion, Culture, and Teaching

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  • Richard Newton, PhD
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    • Introduction to Religious Studies
      • Interactive Notebook-Introduction to Religious Studies
    • Scriptures in Comparative Religion
    • Introduction to New Testament
      • Interactive Notebook-Introduction to New Testament
    • African Diaspora Religions
      • Interactive Notebook-African Diaspora Religions
    • Religious Studies as History, Discipline, & Field
    • Social Theory and Religious Studies
    • Digital Humanities in REL
    • Introduction to the Sociology of Religion
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    • Puffenberger Collection of Digital Artifacts
    • Decoding Diaspora: Mapping J. A. Rogers’ Mythic “Africa”
    • Gleaning the Glossy Good News: A Digital Analysis and Exhibition of Biblezines
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Scripting Difference

Students and scholars explore explore the making of social difference (i.e. race, ethnicity, nationhood) as a byproduct of a communities investment in texts.

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Scoping Out Religion

Dr. Newton’s students peer at current events through the lenses of social theory and social- scientific methods.

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Sensations of Religion

An examination of the aesthetics of religion studied from various perspectives.

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Real Talk

The good kind of professional development…

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Teaching and Technology

A show-and-tell of effective digital pedagogues from around the internet.

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Teaching Starter

Quick, easy-to-use lessons to get your classroom going.

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What Privilege?

What happens when someone checks their own privilege or somebody else’s?

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Words We Mean By

A look at how diction, scripts, and names define our reality…and the bodies within it.

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Star Wars–Nuff Said?

Reexamining the study of religion with insights from a galaxy far, far away.

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Reading Race and Criminality

In the criminal justice system, the people are represented in discourses. These are their stories.

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Signifying Religion: An African American Worldview

Scholarship from the students in Dr. Newton’s Religion 101 course.

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New Testament

Dr. Newton’s students examine the evergreen making of Christian scriptures.

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Bible and Race in the USA

Dr. Newton’s students take a look through America’s fascination with race and “the good book,” –politics, passions, and promise.

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Ethnicity, Gender, and Religion

Dr. Newton’s students deconstruct our most intricate and imbricated social constructions.

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#BlackLivesMatter/#EtownEngage

Examining the matter of black life at Elizabethtown College and beyond.

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