Additional Info:
The objective of this volume was to collect resources to assist teachers of undergraduate courses in religious studies - especially those teachers whose training has been limited to only one religious tradition - and to provide reflection on the changing nature of the liberal arts curriculum, and the role that religious studies plays within it. (From the Publisher)

Table Of Content:
Preface
Introduction (Mark Juergensmeyer)

Part 1. Types of Introductory Courses
ch. 1 Thinking About the Introductory Course: Some Preliminary Questions (Karen McCarthy Brown)
ch. 2 Teaching Religion and Religions: The "World Religions" Course (Ninian Smart)
ch. 3 The "Introduction to Religion" Course: The Template (William Darrow)
ch. 4 The "Introduction to Religious Studies" Course (Mark Juergensmeyer)

Part 2. Thinking About the Traditions
ch. 5 The Pros and Cons of Thinking of Religion as Tradition (Ninian Smart)
ch. 6 Teaching the Hindu Tradition (J.S. Hawley)
ch. 7 The Sikh Tradition (Mark Juergensmeyer)
ch. 8 Chinese Religion (Judith Berling)
ch. 9 Japanese Religions (Miriam Levering)
ch. 10 Introducing Buddhism (Frank Reynolds)
ch. 11 Placing Islam (Richard Martin, and William Darrow)
ch. 12 Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Religions (William Darrow)
ch. 13 Iranian Religions (William Darrow)
ch. 14 Judaism (William Scott Green)
ch. 15 Teaching the Christian Tradition (Carol Zaleski)
ch. 16 Teaching African-American Religions (Karen McCarthy Brown)
ch. 17 Native North and South American Religions (Lawrence Sullivan)
ch. 18 Australian Aboriginal Religion (John Hilary Martin, O.P.)
ch. 19 Teaching African Religions (Karen McCarthy Brown)
ch. 20 Teaching About Religion in America (Howard Miller)
ch. 21 Secular Ideologies: How Do They Figure in Religious Studies Courses? (Ninian Smart)

Part 3. "How I Teach the Introductory Course": A Symposium
ch. 22 The Introductory Course, The Most Important Course (Wilfred Cantwell Smith)
ch. 23 The Introductory Course: Less is Better (Jonathan Z. Smith)
ch. 24 How I Teach the Introductory Course (Robert Bellah)
ch. 25 The Introductory Course: A Balanced Approach (Ninian Smart)
ch. 26 Another World to Live In: Teaching the Introductory Course Philosophically (Huston Smith)
ch. 27 Religion as Language (Karen McCarthy Brown)
ch. 28 A Brief Argument in Favor of an Endangered Species: The World Religion Survey Course (Mark Juergensmeyer)

Part 4. The Classroom Experience
ch. 29 The Classroom Scene: Teaching, Material Culture and Religion (Richard Carp)
ch. 30 Using Audio-Visual Resources to Teach About Religion (Richard Carp)
ch. 31 Tricks of the Trade (Gurudharm Singh Khalsa)
ch. 32 Riddle Me a Riddle: Bringing Those Absent into Religious Studies (Susan Henking)
ch. 33 Bibliographic Resources on Gender and Religion (Susan Henking)
ch. 34 Basic Readings in the Academic Study of Religion (Mark Juergensmeyer)
ch. 35 Course Syllabi (William Darrow, and Mark Juergensmeyer)
ch. 36 Bibliography of Texts and Other Resources (William Darrow, and Gurudharm Singh Khalsa)