High School

Breaking Cover: What Søren Kierkegaard and Becket Can Teach in Our Classrooms

religionmatters · 18 Oct 2025 · Leave a Comment

Post: Tim Hall, Ph.D., Executive Director, Religion Matters When I first encountered Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), it wasn’t in a philosophy seminar but through a story. In one of his many theological texts, Pope Benedict XVI retold Kierkegaard’s famous parable of the clown warning that the theater was on fire. The audience laughed, thinking it was [...]

Call for Teacher Stories: Bringing Religious Literacy to the Classroom

religionmatters · 16 Aug 2025 · Leave a Comment

Post: Tim Hall, Ph.D., Executive Director, Religion Matters Contribute Your Voice to a New Routledge Eye on Education Series Book for Educators Submission Deadline for Teacher Voices: Rolling, through February 1, 2026 Fill out the quick form here About the Project I'm writing a forthcoming book with the Routledge Eye on Education series, Bringing Religious [...]

Soul Hunters: Siberia and the Spirit World

religionmatters · 7 Feb 2025 · Leave a Comment

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

religionmatters · 17 Jan 2025 · Leave a Comment

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 […]