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Helping Students Navigate Faith Challenges in the Biblical Studies Classroom
Author(s) -
Sharp Carolyn J.,
ClarkSoles Jaime
Publication year - 2012
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/j.1467-9647.2012.00829.x
Subject(s) - faith , pedagogy , sociology , psychology , theology , philosophy
What happens when students encounter the academic study of the B ible in the seminary or undergraduate classroom? Does a teacher have a responsibility to help students navigate challenges to C hristian faith that might arise? What pedagogical problems and opportunities does this encounter present? How does this issue manifest differently in undergraduate compared to theological school classrooms? And how are the issues different for students with a strong personal faith commitment compared to students who have never considered the B ible to be relevant to their understanding of themselves and the world? At the 2010 national conference of the S ociety of B iblical L iterature two theological educators, who recently published introductory textbooks, provided brief presentations on this issue. The audience then broke into ten separate conversations roughly organized by institutional type before reconvening for a plenary discussion. The transcript of the presentations and discussion provided here surfaces and juxtaposes the many varied and rich positions that are possible in this topic.