Guest Post: Scott Petri, John F. Kennedy High School (California), and Adam Moler, New Richmond Middle School (Ohio) The Pew Research Center recently released survey results showing that atheists and agnostics tend to participate in civic life at rates matching or exceeding those of religiously affiliated people. This study is important because it counters the […]
High School
Religion in the Ethics Classroom: What Are Our Relationships with the Land?
Guest Blog: Elsa Kunz, History Department, The Webb School Overview Ethics is typically characterized as an inquiry into right and wrong dispositions and behaviors. However, the high school ethics classroom is about much more than simply answering the question, “What should I do?” It’s also about how we understand the world. Tackling this broader endeavor […]
Inter-Religious History and Common Values: Guidelines for Syllabus Development
Guest Post: Prof. Rev. ‘Public Friend’ Felipe Ribeiro, Latin American Permanent Forum on Religious Teaching (CLAECIR FONAPER), Interfaith Religious Teaching Association of Brazil (ASSINTEC), Liberal Religious Educators Association (LREDA), Quaker Religious Education Collaborative (QREC) Since its colonization, America has been a multi-religious continent. When operating at their best, these various religious and belief traditions have […]
Lived Religion, Six-Point Framework, and Ms. Marvel
For students to fully participate in civic life, they must understand and appreciate the diversity and complexity of religious traditions. To gain this understanding, educators should teach about lived religions. This approach, advocated by Henry Goldschmidt of the Interfaith Center of New York, takes religion out of “the rarified realm of doctrine and text and […]
Are Belief Systems a Unifying or Dividing Force? A Lesson Reflection
Guest Blog: Gretchyn Bedard, National Board Certified Social Studies Teacher Religions and belief systems have brought people together and torn groups apart. This phenomenon is something most students can comprehend, at least as it relates to the recent past and today. However, I have discovered that many of my students are largely unaware of how [...]
