The implications of religious identity for teaching ethics
Some debate exists about the degree to which one should merge one's identities, particularly those with important normative content, with one's teaching practices. This issue becomes particularly important for those with a religious identity who purposefully merge their identity with class...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2015]
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| In: |
Journal of beliefs and values
Year: 2015, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 131-141 |
| RelBib Classification: | NCB Personal ethics RF Christian education; catechetics |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethics
B Christianity B Identity B Teaching |
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| Summary: | Some debate exists about the degree to which one should merge one's identities, particularly those with important normative content, with one's teaching practices. This issue becomes particularly important for those with a religious identity who purposefully merge their identity with classroom practices. This article examines the qualitative answers of 328 Christian professors to a question addressing how they merge their Christian theological tradition with their ethical teaching in the classroom. We find that the answers demonstrate the identity merging takes place in multiple ways. For these professors, teaching consists of multiple sub-practices (e.g. discussion, lecturing, grading, etc.) that need to be guided by certain virtues and theological perspectives and justifications in order to develop the requisite goods. Indeed, both good teaching and their conception of the good cannot be separated from their identity. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9362 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of beliefs and values
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2015.1026757 |