Lesson Plan
Call for Teacher Stories: Bringing Religious Literacy to the Classroom
Action Research Project: Teaching about Religion with the Religious Studies Companion Document for the C3 Framework (RSCD)
Soul Hunters: Siberia and the Spirit World
Guest Blog: Jane Fitzpatrick, Contributing Writer for Religion Matters Danish anthropologist Rane Willerslev documented his personal experiences with a group of Siberian hunters called the Upper Kolyma Yukaghirs in his book, Soul Hunters. He primarily studied their hunting practices, which demonstrated the group’s distinct views of the world: spirits, along with humans and animals, persistently […]
Lived Religion in the Contemporary U.S.:
Establishing Context in a High School Elective
Guest Post: Elsa Kunz, History Department, The Webb School This semester, I have the privilege of teaching a high school elective about lived religion in the contemporary United States. For many of my students, if not all, this course will be their first experience with the academic study of religion. However, their lack of academic […]





