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Forum of Tactics for Teaching the Materiality of Scripture
Author(s) -
Plate S. Brent,
Parmenter Dorina Miller,
Dault David,
Lee SongChong,
Larson Jason,
Schwarz Sarah L.
Publication year - 2016
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/teth.12331
Subject(s) - materiality (auditing) , audience measurement , meaning (existential) , media studies , sociology , relation (database) , aesthetics , psychology , pedagogy , visual arts , epistemology , art , philosophy , law , political science , database , computer science
S. Brent Plate's introductory essay orients the reader to the academic move toward material text studies, a wide range of research questions and pedagogical practices that includes attention to the history of the book, book technologies, the social habits of readership especially in relation to print culture, and issues raised in media studies about differences in verbal communication. This introduction is followed by a series of one‐page Teaching Tactics that prompt students to ask about the material conditions in and through which scriptures acquire meaning. Students are challenged to become aware of the sensorial nature of sacred texts, and of communication itself. They touch, see, and hear in new ways, learning with their bodies.