Teaching Religion and Literature

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Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction: Teaching Religion and Literature The Organization of the Text PART I: Foundational Approaches to Religion and Literature 1. Teaching “Religion and Literature” Contextually Religion and Literature: The Period of Shared Cultural Roles Religion and Literature: Trying to Bridge a Widening Gap Religion and Literature: Emerging from Subversion and Critique Religion and Literature: Identifying New Relations Notes Bibliography 2. Teaching the Bible and Literature Notes Bibliography 3. Pedagogies of Religion and Literature, Or Writing the “And”: Nathan Scott, Paul Ricoeur, Jacques Derrida Nathan Scott’s “Presence” Paul Ricoeur’s Aporia Jacques Derrida’s Elective Affinities Conclusions Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography 4. Openings and Closures in Religion and Literature: Heart of Darkness or Demian, Life of Pi or Something New Into Darkness: Traditions and Dimensions Gnosis Zimzum Notes Bibliography PART II: Illuminating Religious Cultures with Literature 5. Surrender to God, Surrender to Love: Teaching Islam through the Poetry of Jalaluddin Rumi Tawhid: The Oneness of God Fana’ and Nafs: Annihilation and the Ego Self Prophetic History ‘ishq: The Divine Force of Love Teaching Rumi: Pedagogical Strategies Integrating Sufism: Remembrance and Consciousness Notes Bibliography 6. Using Fiction to “Explain” the Daoist Zhuang Zi I II Notes Bibliography 7. Redeeming the Human Reality: Teaching African American Religion and Literature Wade in the Water—Introduction to African American Religion and Literature Deep River—Origins of African American Religion and Literature How I Got Over—Slavery and Freedom in African American Religion and Literature I Got a Right to the Tree of Life—Emancipation and Affirmation in African American Religion and Literature We Shall Overcome—Justice and Hope in African American Religion and Literature The Fire Next Time—Experimentation and Imagination in African American Religion and Literature You’ve Got to Pay your Dues to Play the Blues: Sample Assignments for Teaching African American Religion and Literature Notes Bibliography 8. Science Fiction and the Religious Imagination: A Pedagogical Approach On Faith On Evil On “Mad” Scientists Notes Bibliography PART III: Thematic Approaches to Religion and Literature 9. Opening the Secular: Teaching Religion and Culture through Fiction Teaching Literature in Religious Studies Teaching Religion and Literature in Literature Courses Notes Bibliography 10. Interrogating Faith: Using Literature to Teach Religion and Nature Cultivating Integrative Thinking Teaching Leap Conclusion Notes Bibliography 11. Contesting and Contextualizing Islam in America: Teaching Three Cups of Tea Narrativizing and Problematizing Humanitarianism Misrepresenting and Misunderstanding Muslim Men and Women Intervening in the Text, Clarifying the Genre Conclusion Notes Bibliography 12. Religion and the Self: Life Writing as a Literary Form and Religious Practice Life Writing as Genre and Religious Practice Pedagogical Choices for Particular Courses Notes Bibliography PART IV: Three Approaches to Teaching Siddhartha 13. Through a Buddhist Lens: Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha Siddhartha Mirrors Siddhartha, Sort of Siddhartha as the Anti-Buddha Conclusions Notes Bibliography 14. Love and Apotheosis in Hesse’s Siddhartha Conclusion Notes Bibliography 15. Literature, Learning and Liberation: Teaching Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha I II III IV Notes Bibliography Index