Introduction
–Eboo Patel, Jennifer Howe Peace, Noah J. Silverman
I. CONSTRUCTIONS: MAPPING THE FIELD
(Inter)Religious Studies: Making a Home in the Secular Academy
–Kate McCarthy
From the History of Religions to Interfaith Studies: A Theological
Educator’s Exercise in Adaptation
–Deanna Ferree Womack
Common Ground: Imagining Interfaith Studies as an Inclusive,
Interdisciplinary Field
–Elizabeth Kubek
Constructing Interreligious Studies: Thinking Critically About
Interfaith Studies and the Interfaith Movement
–Amy L. Allocco, Geoffrey D. Claussen, and Brian K. Pennington
Learning from the Field: Six Themes from Interfaith/Interreligious
Studies Curricula
–Kristi Del Vecchio and Noah J. Silverman
II. PEDAGOGY AND CLASSROOM PRACTICES
Transforming Introductory Courses in Religion: From World Religions
to Interreligious Studies
–Kevin Minister
Using the Case Method in Interfaith Studies Classrooms
–Ellie Pierce
Teaching the “Most Beautiful of Stories”: Narrative Reflection as a
Signature Pedagogy for Interfaith Studies
–Matthew Maruggi and Martha E. Stortz
A Pedagogy of Listening: Teaching the Qur’an to Non-Muslims
–Michael Birkel
Meeting Others, Seeing Myself: Experiential Pedagogies in
Interfaith Studies
–Wakoh Shannon Hickey and Margarita M. W. Suárez
III. CHALLENGES AND CHOICES
Six Issues That Complicate Interreligious Studies and
Engagement
–Rachel S. Mikva
The Promising Practice of Antiracist Approaches to Interfaith
Studies
–Jeannine Hill Fletcher
The Possibility of Solidarity: Evangelicals and the Field of
Interfaith Studies
–Marion H. Larson and Sara L. H. Shady
Water, Climate, Stars, and Place: Toward an Interspecies Interfaith
Belonging
–Lisa E. Dahill
IV. APPLICATIONS BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
The Value of Interreligious Education for Religious Leaders
–Jennifer Howe Peace and Or N. Rose
From Prison Religion to Interfaith Leadership for Institutional
Change
–Barbara A. McGraw
Interfaith Studies and the Professions: Could Heightened Religious
Understanding Seed Success within Secular Careers?
–Mark E. Hanshaw with Usra Ghazi
Toward an Interreligious City: A Case Study
–Heather Miller Rubens, Homayra Ziad, and Benjamin E. Sax
Acknowledgments
Editor Biographies
Contributor Biographies
Notes
Index
Eboo Patel is the author of Acts of Faith, Sacred Ground, and
Interfaith Leadership- A Primer. Named by US News & World Report as
one of America's Best Leaders of 2009, Patel served on President
Obama's Inaugural Faith Council. He is a regular contributor to the
public conversation around religion in America.
Jennifer Howe Peace is Associate Professor of Interfaith Studies at
Andover Newton Theological School (ANTS). Dr. Peace is the founding
co-chair of the "Interreligious and Interfaith Studies Group" at
the American Academy of Religion. Author of numerous articles and
essays on interfaith cooperation, Dr. Peace co-edited My Neighbor's
Faith- Stories of Interreligious Encounter, Growth, and
Transformation.
Noah J. Silverman serves as Senior Director of Learning and
Partnerships at Interfaith Youth Core. He has been involved in
interfaith work for over fifteen years on three continents,
including work at Auburn Theological Seminary, Religions for Peace
at the United Nations, and the Tony Blair Faith Foundation in
London.
“This is a powerful and essential tool for incorporating interfaith
studies into a variety of settings.”
—Publishers Weekly
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