Challenging White Jesus: Race and the Undergraduate Bible Classroom
In this article, we offer analysis of and propose means of resistance to White Jesus in undergraduate Bible survey courses. White Jesus functions as a proxy for the operation of white normativity in contexts of religious education. Research on a cohort of first-year undergraduate students demonstrat...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2019]
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| In: |
Religious education
Year: 2019, Volume: 114, Issue: 3, Pages: 315-327 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Theological studies
/ Basic studies
/ Jesus Christus
/ Weißsein
/ Normativity
/ Religious pedagogy
/ Racism
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AH Religious education CB Christian life; spirituality FB Theological education KBQ North America NBF Christology RF Christian education; catechetics |
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| Summary: | In this article, we offer analysis of and propose means of resistance to White Jesus in undergraduate Bible survey courses. White Jesus functions as a proxy for the operation of white normativity in contexts of religious education. Research on a cohort of first-year undergraduate students demonstrates the durability of race as a factor in students' experiences and outcomes in required Bible courses. After interpreting these findings in light of literature on race, biblical studies, and higher education, we suggest strategic pedagogical interventions that instructors can employ to resist white normativity. |
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| ISSN: | 1547-3201 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious education
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2019.1603943 |