Integrating Religious Studies into Your Curriculum
This module synthesizes the frameworks for teaching about religion explored in the Pedagogies of Religious Literacy and Teaching about Religious Identity modules. Religious literacy specialist Benjamin P. Marcus introduces an approach for integrating the study of religion into the curriculum and applying a 6-point framework to help students develop a complex understanding of religion.
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- Religious Literacy
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Benjamin P. Marcus is a fellow and former Religious Literacy Specialist with the Religious Freedom Center of the Freedom Forum Institute, where he examines the intersection of education, religious literacy and identity formation in the United States. He has developed religious literacy programs for public schools, universities, U.S. government organizations, and private foundations in the U.S. and abroad.
- Explain the application of a 6-point framework for religious studies in the classroom
- Apply a method for integrating religious studies into lesson and unit plans.
- “Religious Literacy” by Benjamin Marcus, Religious Freedom Center
- How is the 6-point framework different from other approaches to the study of religion?
- Where could you integrate the study of religion into your curriculum? Given an example of a specific topic and describe how you could use the 5-Is to explore this topic.
