Tim Hall, Ph.D. In my past blogs, I detailed the guidelines found in A Teacher’s Guide to Religion in Public Schools, written and edited by Charles Haynes, which an educator should follow to bring religion into the classroom. These guidelines are as follows: Teachers should be academic, not devotional in their treatment of all religions. […]
Why Does Religion Matter to MLK Day?
Tim Hall, Ph.D. In commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr Day, it would be good to examine Luther’s famous Letter from Birmingham Jail in relation to the importance of religious literacy. Written in longhand on April 16, 1963, King wrote this letter from a jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama, after being arrested for nonviolent protests […]
What are the Barriers to Religious Literacy in K-12 education?
Tim Hall, Ph.D. In previous blogs, I detailed ways that educators could teach about religious literacy in the classroom where appropriate following a sound framework. This six-point framework comes from the Guidelines for Teaching about Religion in K-12 Public Schools in the U.S. published by the American Academy of Religion and the Religious Freedom Center of The Freedom Forum […]
Teaching Lived Religion through Graphic Novels
Tim Hall, Ph.D. In previous blogs, I examined the six-point framework in teaching about religion in the classroom. This framework provides a strong foundation in which to approach the topic of religion in the classroom. I also added a pedagogical method of teaching about religion: the lived religion model. This model exhibits the diversity and […]
Lived Religion: Making Religion Relevant in the Classroom
Tim Hall, Ph.D. In previous blogs, I provided reasons and frameworks for teaching about religion in the classroom. The six-point framework, in particular, provides a strong foundation in which an educator can approach the topic of religion. Also, I sketched out civil dialogue as a pedagogical tool to use in discussing religion in the classroom. In […]