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Rev. J. Bryan Hehir Wins Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion
The AAR’s Committee on the Public Understanding of Religion is pleased to…
Read MoreCampaign 2016 & the Jewish Problem
Many American Jews have felt uneasy during the current presidential campaign, largely…
Read MoreSensing the Gods: Utilizing Embodied Pedagogy to Understand Hindu Devotion
Embodied Knowledge and Academic Institutions Teaching about Hinduism in North American contexts…
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Bain, Ken. 2004. What the Best College Teachers Do. Cambridge, MA:…
Read MoreLet’s Get Physical: Using Sports, Yoga, and Dance to Teach about Religion
One of the most memorable research and writing projects in which I…
Read MoreFrom Durkheim to Game Day: Sports as a Bridge for Introducing Religious Studies
Introduction My initial reading of Émile Durkheim’s Elementary Forms of Religious Life…
Read MoreReligion and Sports
Background and Theory In 2005 I developed the class Religion and Sports…
Read MoreUsing Sport to Teaching American Religious History
Introduction I began studying the relationship between religion and sports in the…
Read MoreUsing Case Studies to Teach Religion and Sports
Introduction When teaching Religion and Sports, I use case studies to give…
Read MoreYoga in Theory and Practice: Pedagogical Strategies
Introduction Each year I teach a course entitled Yoga and Tantra that…
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