ERIC Number: EJ1022142
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 19
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No Religion Is an Island: Teaching World Religions to Adolescents in a Jewish Educational Context
Reimer, Joseph
Journal of Jewish Education, v79 n4 p395-413 2013
What is the place of teaching about other world religions in a Jewish educational curriculum for adolescents? This article explores a course in world religions that has been taught at the Genesis Program at Brandeis University since 2001. Based on a participant observational study during 2002 and 2012, the author traces how the teachers construct goals and implement plans that include site visits to places of worship of the religions they are studying. The questions raised and the struggles of students to make sense of Judaism in the context of world religions is the backdrop for considering both why and how other Jewish educators might thoughtfully include the study of other religions as part of their Jewish education for adolescents.
Descriptors: Jews, Religion Studies, Religious Cultural Groups, World Views, Adolescents, Educational Practices, Participant Observation, Judaism, College Programs, Course Descriptions, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Learning Experience, Teaching Methods, Heritage Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Postsecondary Education; Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts
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