Naming, race, and white supremacy in the teaching of religion and Islam: Incorporating intersectional interventions

The need to confront issues of race and white supremacy in our teaching of religion is critically important, but through the pedagogical convention of naming, we take the first step in inviting our students to understand the hows and whys of it. I will explore the ways that Charles Long's theor...

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Published in:Teaching theology and religion
Main Author: Nguyen, Martin 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2019]
In: Teaching theology and religion
RelBib Classification:AH Religious education
BJ Islam
CH Christianity and Society
KBQ North America
NBE Anthropology
Further subjects:B White Supremacy
B Naming
B Racism
B Signification
B Islam and race
B Black lives matter movement
B race and religion
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Summary:The need to confront issues of race and white supremacy in our teaching of religion is critically important, but through the pedagogical convention of naming, we take the first step in inviting our students to understand the hows and whys of it. I will explore the ways that Charles Long's theory of signification and counter-signification can be pedagogically deployed to incorporate intersectional interventions in the teaching of religion in America, specifically in the case of an Islam in America course.
ISSN:1467-9647
Contains:Enthalten in: Teaching theology and religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/teth.12501