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Lived Religion

Action Research Project: Teaching about Religion with the Religious Studies Companion Document for the C3 Framework (RSCD)

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Tim Hall, Ph.D. Religious literacy education has not traditionally received sustained pedagogical attention. This state of affairs changed in 2017 with the publication of the Religious Studies Companion Document for the C3 Framework (RSCD), published as a supplement to The College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards: Guidance for Enhancing [...]

Robust Religion: Redesigning an Online, Asynchronous Community College Course in Comparative Religion

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Guest Post: Nancy Thompson, Community College of Vermont Every summer, the Interfaith Center of New York offers a 3-week institute, Religious Worlds of New York, that helps educators from around the country explore religious diversity in the U.S. Participants meet a wide range of local religious leaders, visit diverse houses of worship, and work with […]

Lived Religion, Six-Point Framework, and Ms. Marvel

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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 […]

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