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Title: Scientology and Catholicism Do Mix: A Note on Teaching New Religions in a Catholic Classroom
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
Physical Description: PDF
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
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