Analogous activities: Tools for thinking comparatively in religious studies courses

This article discusses an experiential teaching method that uses secular activities that are simple, accessible, and analogous to religious practice in order to facilitate comparative religious study. These "analogous activities" - for example, social rituals, stillness, yoga, a social med...

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Main Author: McGuire, Beverley Foulks (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2019]
In: Teaching theology and religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 114-126
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
AH Religious education
ZF Education
Further subjects:B comparative study of religion
B Experiential Learning
B introductory courses
B lived religions
B Religious Practice
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