Do Christians and Muslims worship the same god? The answer matters at Wheaton, but why does the question?
The Tenure of Scriptures: Interpreting Wheaton College (Illinois)
Calling All Students and Scholars
This October, we began our soft launch of Sowing the Seed: Fruitful Conversations on Religion, Culture, and Teaching. You’ve encouraged our team to keep this thing going. We’re with you! We hope you’ll stay with us for our grand launch in January. Thanks to a grant from Elizabethtown College, we are able to hire a … Continue reading Calling All Students and Scholars
Pyrrhic Victories, or Why Religious Studies is not a Natural Fit
I’m going to throw this out there: there’s no natural-fit position for the religious studies major. And that’s not a bad thing.
REL 101 (WCH): Signifying Religion: An African American Worldview
What if the study of religion started with the African American experience? Instead of privileging a specific tradition, this course examines the history of a people who came to a new world compelled to quickly learn the significance of "religion" itself. We will follow along by plumbing the depths of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, listening to … Continue reading REL 101 (WCH): Signifying Religion: An African American Worldview
How I use Mobile Technology in the Classroom
If you follow me on Twitter, I may have blown up your feed with dispatches from #LancLearns. Lancaster Learns is a seven-college collaborative conference "to promote quality teaching and learning by building capacity for evidence-based pedagogy and learner-centered instruction through collaboration across the institutions of higher education within Lancaster county." If the description doesn't get … Continue reading How I use Mobile Technology in the Classroom
