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Demir, Zekiye; Toprak, A. Ömer – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2023
This paper studied a new dimension of international students, who are citizens of another country but came back to Turkey for religious education where their parents or grandparents are citizens. Did a five-year religious education process based on the main sources of Islam lead to a change in these students' religious attitudes and behaviors, and…
Descriptors: Religion, Philosophy, Foreign Students, Foreign Countries
Jordon, Sherry – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2014
This article describes the use of "Writing to Learn" assignments in a course on the Theology of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations. These short, informal assignments promote active learning by focusing on writing as a process for critical thinking and as a way to learn the content of the course. They help students creatively engage…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Protestants, Catholics, Philosophy
Lanci, John R. – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2013
Undergraduate students today often enroll in introductory religious studies or theology classes because they want the time and space to reflect on their personal spiritual questions. Such a motivation can clash with the faculty's desire to introduce students to rigorous academic study of their field. Barbara Walvoord has proposed four "voices"…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Philosophy, Undergraduate Students
Saines, Don – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2009
This paper explores the way students learn theology through a small qualitative research project. It is undertaken in conversation with current higher education learning theory. This learning theory suggests that it is important to discover how a student conceptualizes learning and how they perceive the teaching environment. Students interviewed…
Descriptors: Philosophy, Theological Education, Learning Theories, Higher Education
Smith, Lawanda – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2004
Southern fiction writer Flannery O'Connor once characterized the South as Christ-haunted, and having taught in the South for eight years now, I have come to appreciate O'Connor's evaluation. Most of the students I encounter understand one predominant way to practice Christian faith: assent to propositional theology. Most of them either accept this…
Descriptors: Christianity, Philosophy, Literary Genres, Course Organization