Dealing with Religious Relativism in the Classroom
- UNCP Author/Contributor (non-UNCP co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Dr. David H. Nikkel, Professor of Religion & Department Chair (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP )
- Web Site: http://www.uncp.edu/academics/library
Abstract: Religious relativism often manifests itself in student essays and discussion
in religious studies classes. This article sets forth issues and methods conducive to
engendering critical awareness of the religious relativism endemic to contemporary North American culture and to many students’ own thinking. Included are ways to trace the genesis of modern absolutism and relativism, to educe how religious relativism functions (and does not function) in students’ lives, and to explore possible models of religious knowledge between or beyond absolutism and relativism.
Dealing with Religious Relativism in the Classroom
PDF (Portable Document Format)
348 KB
Created on 1/1/1998
Views: 3656
Additional Information
- Publication
- Language: English
- Date: 1998
- Keywords
- Relativism, Absolutism, Modernity, Controlling Picture, Difference, Tolerance, Indifference, Privatism, “Middle Way”, Incommensurability, Commonalities