Why Religious Literacy Belongs in Every Social Studies Classroom
Breaking Cover: What Søren Kierkegaard and Becket Can Teach in Our Classrooms
Imams in Cyberspace: Understanding Islamic Authority on the Internet
Guest Post: Sana Patel, Zwan Postdoctoral Associate at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University Imams or E-mams are Islamic authority figures that many Muslims look up to for spiritual guidance or religious legal rulings. Traditionally, imams were found at mosques and religious institutions only; today, many Muslims have direct access to them through […]
The Case for Incorporating Religion into Theory of Knowledge (TOK) Courses
Guest Post: Nathan Haines, Secondary Social Studies Teacher in the U.S. and East Africa A few years ago, I was one of several teachers teaching the Theory of Knowledge (TOK) course at an International Baccalaureate (IB) school in Ethiopia. While reviewing the scores of our students that year, I was surprised by the poor result […]





