Scientology and Catholicism Do Mix: A Note on Teaching New Religions in a Catholic Classroom
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| Title: | Scientology and Catholicism Do Mix: A Note on Teaching New Religions in a Catholic Classroom |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Schmalz, Mathew N. |
| Source: | Teaching Theology & Religion. Jan 2006 9(1):29-36. |
| Availability: | Wiley-Blackwell. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8598; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
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| Page Count: | 8 |
| Publication Date: | 2006 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Descriptors: | Religion Studies, Theological Education, Catholics, Liberal Arts, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis, Religious Cultural Groups, Beliefs |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-9647.2006.00258.x |
| ISSN: | 1368-4868 |
| Abstract: | This note from the classroom explores teaching new or alternative religions within the context of a Roman Catholic Liberal Arts College. The essay will specifically focus on a section of a course entitled "Modern Religious Movements" in which students were asked to consider different methodological approaches to the teaching and study of Scientology and the Catholic cult of the Virgin Mary. This note from the classroom details how this rather unexpected comparison prompted students to reconsider the category "cult" and argues that encouraging self-reflexivity in a largely Catholic classroom can become a crucial means for engaging a broader discussion of new religions, cult discourse, and the academic study of religion itself. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 22 |
| Entry Date: | 2009 |
| Accession Number: | EJ853467 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This note from the classroom explores teaching new or alternative religions within the context of a Roman Catholic Liberal Arts College. The essay will specifically focus on a section of a course entitled "Modern Religious Movements" in which students were asked to consider different methodological approaches to the teaching and study of Scientology and the Catholic cult of the Virgin Mary. This note from the classroom details how this rather unexpected comparison prompted students to reconsider the category "cult" and argues that encouraging self-reflexivity in a largely Catholic classroom can become a crucial means for engaging a broader discussion of new religions, cult discourse, and the academic study of religion itself. |
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| ISSN: | 1368-4868 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-9647.2006.00258.x |
