Teaching Comparative Religious Ethics - A Review Essay
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Kevin Schilbrack Ph.D., Professor of Religious Studies and Department Chair (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: Though others have surveyed the different methods in comparative religious ethics, relatively little attention has been given to different approaches to pedagogy (exceptions include Lovin and Reynolds; Juergens-meyer; Twiss). The field of comparative religious ethics has now reached a level of maturity so that there are a variety of ways such courses can be taught. In this review I consider the approaches to comparative religious ethics found in four recent texts by Jacob Neusner, Darrell Fasching and Dell deChant, Regina Wolfe and Christine Gudorf, and Sumner Twiss and Bruce Grelle. In the essay I note the strengths and weaknesses of each text, with special attention given to how the texts might work in the classroom. I then argue that the different texts reflect different understandings of the goal of teaching comparative religious ethics, and I make these goals explicit in order to help teachers decide how they might approach the teaching in this growing field.
Teaching Comparative Religious Ethics - A Review Essay
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- Publication
- Schilbrack, Kevin. 2002. "Teaching Comparative Religious Ethics: A Review Essay." Journal of Religious Ethics 30, no. 2: 295-312. Version of record available from Wiley.Publishing (Sum. 2002) [SSN: 0384-9694]
- Language: English
- Date: 2002