Teaching The Bible In The Liberal Arts Classroom

Synopsis

Teaching Biblical Studies In The Undergraduate Liberal Arts Classroom Poses Many Challenges. Do Biblical Studies Deserve A Place At A Secular Liberal Arts College? In Church-affiliated Colleges, Should Courses In Bible Toe The Denominational Line? Can We Claim That Biblical Studies Advance The Goals Of Liberal Education, Whatever We Might Think They Are? On A More Practical Level, How Can An Instructor Engage The Attention Of Students Who Are Taking A Course In Biblical Studies Only To Fulfill A Requirement? How Best To Begin With Students From Non-religious Backgrounds Who Begin A Course With No Real Knowledge Of The Bible At All? How Best To Deal With Students Who Already Think They Know What The Bible Is All About, And Resist Any Ideas Or Approaches That Might Threaten Their Ideas? This Collection Of Pedagogical Essays Reflects The Practical Experience Of Instructors Who Have Spent Years Teaching Biblical Studies Successfully To Undergraduates At Liberal Arts Colleges. The Essays Address Both Methodological Approaches And Specific Classroom Strategies For Teaching Biblical Studies Effectively In A Way That Advances The Skills Of Thinking And Expression That Are Essential To A Liberal Arts Education. The Product Of Several Years Of Conversation Among Working Professors From An Array Of Liberal Arts Colleges, These Essays Offer Insights And Inspiration For Biblical Studies Instructors Who Work In A Very Specific And Demanding Academic Environment. --amazon.com. 'the Touchstone Text' : A Forensic Rationale For Biblical Studies In American Liberal Education / Matthew C. Baldwin -- Occupy Academic Bible Teaching: The Architecture Of Educational Power And The Biblical Studies Curriculum / Susanne Scholz -- Challenges In Teaching Biblical Literature As A General Education Requirement / Stan Harstine And Phillip Wiseley -- 'not As The Scribes': Teaching Biblical Studies In The Liberal Arts Context / Glenn S. Holland -- What Do Athens And Jerusalem Have To Do With Sioux Falls? / Murray Joseph Haar And Anna Madsen -- 'god Is Not In This Classroom', Or, Teaching The Bible In A Secular Context / Christian M. Brady -- Engaging Diverse Students In A Required Biblical Studies Course / Margaret Parks Cowan -- Arts Integration And Service-learning In Introduction To Biblical Literature / Sharon Betsworth --^ Pedagogical Iconoclasm: The Role Of The Upper-level Biblical Studies Seminar In The Context Of Undergraduate Religious Studies Programs / Benjamin White -- Teaching The Material And Teaching The Students: Reflections On Introductory Courses For Non-majors / Shane Kirkpatrick -- Service-learning In The Undergraduate Biblical Studies Classroom / Janet S. Everhart -- The Bible And World Construction: The Reality Of Multiple Voices In Biblical Religion / J. Bradley Chance -- Collaborative Learning And The Pedagogy Of The Bible In The Liberal Arts Context / Alison Schofield -- From Biblical Literature To Ultimate Questions: Shifting Contexts And Goals For Introducing The Bible / Bryan D. Bibb -- Bible-trek, Next Generation: Adapting A Bible Survey Course For A New Audience / Jonathan D. Lawrence -- Dildos And Dismemberment: Reading Difficult Biblical Texts In The Undergraduate Classroom / Janet S. Everhart --^ Reading Textual Violence As 'real' Violence In The Liberal Arts Context / Amy C. Cottrill -- Engaging Students Online: Using Wiki Technology To Improve Your Class Notes / Carl N. Toney -- What's The Harm In Harmonization? Using Jesus Films In The Classroom To Examine The Crucifixion Narratives / Margaret E. Ramey -- Teaching With Meta-questions / Jane S. Webster -- Course Design And The Use Of Meta-questions In An Interdisciplinary First-year Seminar On The Ethics Of Biblical Interpretation / Russell C.d. Arnold -- Biblical Studies And Metacognitive Reading Skills / Rodney K. Duke -- Teaching Revelation To The Left Behind Generation / Susan E. Hylen. Edited By Jane S. Webster And Glenn S. Holland. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.