Conversation with Stephen Prothero

This interview was recorded and transcribed in November 2015. Stephen Prothero is a professor of religious studies at Boston University, where he has taught since 1996. His publications include several that directly address teaching about religion, most notably Religious Literacy: What Every America...

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Published in:Teaching theology and religion
Authors: Prothero, Stephen R. 1960- (Interviewee) ; Gallagher, Eugene V. 1950- (Interviewer) ; Pearson, Thomas (Interviewer) ; Robinson, Joanne Maguire 1966- (Interviewer) ; Stortz, Martha Ellen 1952- (Interviewer)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2016]
In: Teaching theology and religion
RelBib Classification:AH Religious education
KBQ North America
ZF Education
Further subjects:B discussion in large lecture classes
B engaging students' religious beliefs
B teaching assistants
B goals of undergraduate study of religion
B Religious Literacy
B Interview
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Summary:This interview was recorded and transcribed in November 2015. Stephen Prothero is a professor of religious studies at Boston University, where he has taught since 1996. His publications include several that directly address teaching about religion, most notably Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know - and Doesn't, which made an argument regarding K-12 education. In this manuscript he pulls the conversation into his own undergraduate classrooms - providing a vivid glimpse of his teaching practices, including how he conducts large lecture classes and seminars, how he works with teaching assistants, and how he conducts discussions even in very large courses. He also shares his broader reflections on the nature and importance of religious literacy and its place in American education.
ISSN:1467-9647
Contains:Enthalten in: Teaching theology and religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/teth.12354