Among my courses this Fall semester — starting in a little over a week — is one on theories of religion; in one way or another I’ve taught elements of a course like this many times (in fact, my intro course even touches on some of these topics), but rarely in a seminar devoted to nothing other than attempts to account for why people are religious. So deciding what to do in the course is always something worth thinking about. […]
Tag: Curiosity
Any Questions?
Several REL classes this semester off by asking their students to pose one question about religion or its study that they’d like answered. As you might guess, our faculty got quite an array of questions — from some that were focused on the possible links between violence and religion to queries about the origins and function of religion, and even some specific questions about why some women cover their faces in Islam, the place of cows in Hinduism, whether atheism […]
Cultivating Curiosity
I’ve noticed myself stressing curiosity more and more in class and when I talk with students. Curiosity as a skill to be cultivated. — Michael J. Altman (@MichaelJAltman) March 3, 2015 […]