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Global-Critical Philosophy of Religion: A Summer Pedagogy Workshop
Proposal abstract :
There is no suitable undergraduate textbook for professors who want to teach courses in globally inclusive and critically engaged philosophy of religion. Nearly every English-language, undergraduate textbook in philosophy of religion limits itself to the philosophical issues of theistic religion (Christianity, really); those that include “non-western” religious philosophies simply tack them on to the categories and issues of theistic philosophy of religion. We propose a summer pedagogy workshop on “global-critical” ...
There is no suitable undergraduate textbook for professors who want to teach courses in globally inclusive and critically engaged philosophy of religion. Nearly every English-language, undergraduate textbook in philosophy of religion limits itself to the philosophical issues of theistic religion (Christianity, really); those that include “non-western” religious philosophies simply tack them on to the categories and issues of theistic philosophy of religion. We propose a summer pedagogy workshop on “global-critical” ...
Proposal abstract :
There is no suitable undergraduate textbook for professors who want to teach courses in globally inclusive and critically engaged philosophy of religion. Nearly every English-language, undergraduate textbook in philosophy of religion limits itself to the philosophical issues of theistic religion (Christianity, really); those that include “non-western” religious philosophies simply tack them on to the categories and issues of theistic philosophy of religion. We propose a summer pedagogy workshop on “global-critical” philosophy of religion. The workshop would bring together ten scholars whose areas of specialization collectively cover four fields: religious philosophies of the world, comparative religion, traditional philosophy of religion, and method and theory in the study of religion. For two full days, we will work together to create a syllabus, collect course readings, and address the underlying pedagogical issues related to teaching philosophy of religion globally and critically.
Learning Abstract :
Our project was a two-day workshop in "global-critical philosophy of religion" (GCPR) that aimed to produce a syllabus for an undergraduate course in philosophy of religion (PR) that is religiously inclusive and critically engaged. Fifteen scholars, representing a variety of area specializations and philosophical styles, discussed the structure, content, and objectives of the course, but failed to complete the syllabus. One thing that we learned is that our project is only a modest, first step toward reforming PR at the undergraduate level; what is really needed is an undergraduate textbook in GCPR. Another thing that we learned is that there is considerable difference about how to do GCPR, especially with respect to raising questions of truth and value about a global diversity of religious philosophies. Nevertheless, we hope that when our syllabus is completed, it will provide others with a different model for teaching PR at the undergraduate level.
There is no suitable undergraduate textbook for professors who want to teach courses in globally inclusive and critically engaged philosophy of religion. Nearly every English-language, undergraduate textbook in philosophy of religion limits itself to the philosophical issues of theistic religion (Christianity, really); those that include “non-western” religious philosophies simply tack them on to the categories and issues of theistic philosophy of religion. We propose a summer pedagogy workshop on “global-critical” philosophy of religion. The workshop would bring together ten scholars whose areas of specialization collectively cover four fields: religious philosophies of the world, comparative religion, traditional philosophy of religion, and method and theory in the study of religion. For two full days, we will work together to create a syllabus, collect course readings, and address the underlying pedagogical issues related to teaching philosophy of religion globally and critically.
Learning Abstract :
Our project was a two-day workshop in "global-critical philosophy of religion" (GCPR) that aimed to produce a syllabus for an undergraduate course in philosophy of religion (PR) that is religiously inclusive and critically engaged. Fifteen scholars, representing a variety of area specializations and philosophical styles, discussed the structure, content, and objectives of the course, but failed to complete the syllabus. One thing that we learned is that our project is only a modest, first step toward reforming PR at the undergraduate level; what is really needed is an undergraduate textbook in GCPR. Another thing that we learned is that there is considerable difference about how to do GCPR, especially with respect to raising questions of truth and value about a global diversity of religious philosophies. Nevertheless, we hope that when our syllabus is completed, it will provide others with a different model for teaching PR at the undergraduate level.