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Religious Literacy

Teaching Religious Literacy with Films

religionmatters · 16 Dec 2022 · Leave a Comment

Guest Post: Jennifer Fischer, Co-Founder, Think Ten Media Group Learning about different religions can feel challenging, even overwhelming. Fortunately, the world of film offers opportunities to improve religious literacy while also increasing empathy and understanding. Films are powerful learning tools, and most of us have at least one potent memory associated with a particular movie. […]

Ritual Selections: Deciding to See What Takes Place

religionmatters · 9 Dec 2022 · Leave a Comment

Guest Post: John Soboslai, Assistant Professor of Religion, Montclair State University In my first post I outlined the goals and hopes that brought an interdisciplinary group of scholars and media creators together in June of 2022. Seeking to lay the foundation for a series of immersive, interactive, virtual reality experiences of religious rituals around the […]

Countering Islamophobia Through Film: Recommendations & Resources

religionmatters · 18 Nov 2022 · Leave a Comment

Guest Post: Jennifer Fischer, Co-Founder, Think Ten Media Group Given how prevalent media is in our daily lives, challenging Islamophobia through film is an important and urgent matter. But doing so requires careful curation of the media that we consume. Nuanced, complex and authentic media representations do exist, but deliberate efforts are needed if we […]

Teaching About Judaism and Antisemitism in the Classroom

religionmatters · 11 Nov 2022 · Leave a Comment

Guest Post: Rev. Vicki Michela Garlock, Ph.D., Founder, World Religions for Kids Once again, Jews find themselves in headlines across America almost every single day. Since early October, we’ve had Kanye West (aka Ye) tweeting that he was “going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE.” We’ve had Kyrie Irving suspended for five NBA games after […]

Religious Literacy: An Important Component of International Mindedness

religionmatters · 14 Oct 2022 · Leave a Comment

Guest Blog: Samuel J. Richards International schools often promote international mindedness. This fuzzy phrase is ubiquitous but oftentimes not well-defined. The definition used by the widely-influential International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) has changed over time. At its core, international mindedness is an aspirational call for students and faculty to recognize our interrelatedness as diverse nations and […]

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