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Teaching What I'm Not: Embodiment, Race, and Theological Conversation in the Classroom
Author(s) -
Thompson Deanna A.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
teaching theology and religion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.165
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1467-9647
pISSN - 1368-4868
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9647.00082
Subject(s) - embodied cognition , conversation , race (biology) , white (mutation) , reflection (computer programming) , sociology , pedagogy , aesthetics , epistemology , psychology , mathematics education , gender studies , philosophy , communication , computer science , biochemistry , chemistry , gene , programming language
This article examines the theoretical and practical concerns of a White professor who teaches a course on African American religious thought. It begins with a discussion of what it means to be embodied White, and how that affects the teaching of another embodied reality. From there it moves to the major assignment of the course, the evolutionary essay, and how this assignment facilitates student reflection upon their own embodied existence, particularly in terms of race. The article concludes with a brief reflection on the continuing challenges the author faces when teaching such a course.