Helping Students See What Ordinarily Remains Hidden: How Implicit Religion Can Enrich Teaching

Often, when teaching in fields focused on the exploration of human society, an instructor who is concerned with the pervasive societal importance of religion faces the challenge of students informed by a contrary cultural assumption about religion's significance. The notion that religion is fun...

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Main Author: Wender, Andrew M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox [2009]
In: Implicit religion
Year: 2009, Volume: 12, Issue: 3, Pages: 281-294
Further subjects:B Experience (Religion)
B RELIGION & culture
B Civil Religion
B Religious Studies
B RELIGIOUS life of students
B CULTURAL assumptions
B Implicit Religion
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