A 2020 course by Steven Weitzman at the University of Pennsylvania asks “What is the value of studying religion in a higher education setting? How does one bridge between a critical approach to religion and the beliefs of one’s students? The course will broach these and other questions through readings and discussions meant to help you think through the challenges of teaching about religion to college students, and will give you opportunities to develop your own approach to them.”
A 2019 course by Madison Tarleton at the University of Denver/Illiff School of Theology introduces “students to the academic study of religion” through a survey of “early theorists and anthropologists as well as examine how these theories evolved over time.”
A 2018 course by Peter Gottschalk at Wesleyan University for religious studies majors on “how the discipline of the study of religion creates knowledge.”
A 2018 course by Jill DeTemple at Southern Methodist University introduces “several social scientific approaches to the academic study of religion. We will investigate the history and use of anthropological, sociological, and psychological theory and method in relation to the study of religion, especially as these fields relate religion to broader cultural, societal, and physiological fields of knowledge.”
A 2017 course by Jill DeTemple at Southern Methodist University provides “an introduction to a wide variety of religious traditions, communities and practices within the context of globalization” through modern methods in the field of the study of religion.
A 2018 course by Tina Pippin at Agnes Scott College explores “the concept of religion/s in scholarship and culture, engage[s] theories and methods in religious studies, and use[s] interdisciplinary tools to explore the religious worlds in Atlanta and beyond.”
A 2014 course by Margaret Ann Crain at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary examines the “theological and philosophical bases, goals, and methods of qualitative research in congregations and draw[s] on the fields of congregational studies, Christian education, evangelism, practical theology, sociology, anthropology, and educational evaluation.”
A 2015 course by Ken Brashier at Reed College is “not so much focused on particular religions as on the lenses through which we view religion. . . . [through] the 20th and 21st century âgreatsâ in the field of religious studies . . . .”
A 2013 course by Janet McDaniel at Florida International University “serves as an introduction to the study of religion. The course explores the ways in which people understand and express religious experience.”
