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Thomas Tweed

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Peg Boyle

Lucy K. Pick

Jan Deckenbach

Regula Qureshi

Françoise Meltzer

Aaron Hollander

Aristotle Papanikolaou

Laurie L. Patton

Wendy Doniger

Amy Nelson

Steven Sacks

Richard Rosengarten

Amy Hollywood

Sahar Khamis

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People are usually more comfortable talking about their strengths rather than their weaknesses. It’s human nature. The same can be said about religious studies. When scholars talk about it, you can expect them to emphasize the positive. But like many academic fields, religious studies also faces challenges. Some come from the outside—say, when schools and governments and religious traditions want to know why religious studies ought to be pursued at all. Other challenges come from within, when different scholars disagree with each other about what the field should even be.In this episode, a former president of the American Academy of Religion joins us to talk about challenges of religious studies. Professor Thomas Tweed of the University of Notre Dame has spent a lot of time thinking about external and internal challenges to religious studies. His proposed solution to these challenges may sound surprising. He says religious studies scholars should think and talk more about values.You can read Tweed’s AAR presidential address here, or listen to it here.  About Thomas TweedThomas Tweed is the Welch Professor of American Studies and a professor of history at the University of Notre Dame. He served as president of the American Academy of Religion in 2015.The post Some challenges of religious studies, with Thomas Tweed [MIPodcast #58] appeared first on Neal A. Maxwell Institute | BYU.

People are usually more comfortable talking about their strengths rather than their weaknesses. It’s human nature. The same can be said about religious studies. When scholars talk about it, you can expect them to emphasize the positive. But like many academic fields, religious studies also faces challenges. Some come from the outside—say, when schools and governments and religious traditions want to know why religious studies ought to be pursued at all. Other challenges come from within, when different scholars disagree with each other about what the field should even be. In this episode, a former president of the American Academy of Religion joins us to talk about challenges of religious studies. Professor Thomas Tweed of the University of Notre Dame has spent a lot of time thinking about external and internal challenges to religious studies. His proposed solution to these challenges may sound surprising. He says religious studies scholars should think and talk more about values. You can read Tweed’s AAR presidential address <a href="http://jaar.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/04/12/jaarel.lfw019.abstract" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>, or listen to it<a href="https://soundcloud.com/rsn-aar/valuing-the-study-of-religion-thomas-a-tweed-2015-aar-presidential-address" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here</a>.  <h2>About Thomas Tweed</h2>Thomas Tweed is the Welch Professor of American Studies and a professor of history at the University of Notre Dame. He served as president of the American Academy of Religion in 2015. The post <a href="https://mi.byu.wordpress.com/mip-58-tweed/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Some challenges of religious studies, with Thomas Tweed [MIPodcast #58]</a> appeared first on <a href="https://mi.byu.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neal A. Maxwell Institute | BYU</a>.

Some challenges of religious studies, with Thomas Tweed [MIPodcast #58]

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu.In this video, Professor Thomas Tweed, Harold and Martha Welch Endowed Chair in American Studies at the University of Notre Dame, discusses his approach to course design in relation to his undergraduate class, "What is Pilgrimage? Exploring the Boundary between the Religious and the Secular." Professor Tweed addresses such topics as choosing and organizing course readings, student participation, incorporation of theory, and class assignments.Cosponsored by the American Religious History Workshop.  The Craft of Teaching (CoT) is the Divinity School's program of pedagogical development for its graduate students, dedicated to preparing a new generation of accomplished educators in the field of religious studies. We bring together Divinity School faculty, current students, and an extensive alumni network of decorated teachers to share our craft and to advance critical reflection on religious studies pedagogy.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. In this video, Professor Thomas Tweed, Harold and Martha Welch Endowed Chair in American Studies at the University of Notre Dame, discusses his approach to course design in relation to his undergraduate class, "What is Pilgrimage? Exploring the Boundary between the Religious and the Secular." Professor Tweed addresses such topics as choosing and organizing course readings, student participation, incorporation of theory, and class assignments. Cosponsored by the American Religious History Workshop. The Craft of Teaching (CoT) is the Divinity School's program of pedagogical development for its graduate students, dedicated to preparing a new generation of accomplished educators in the field of religious studies. We bring together Divinity School faculty, current students, and an extensive alumni network of decorated teachers to share our craft and to advance critical reflection on religious studies pedagogy.

Course Design Workshop with Thomas Tweed | The Craft of Teaching