Orthodoxy revisited

The postsecular classroom

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20503371
AutoresTimothy J Sutton (Communication Arts, Samford University, Birmingham, US, autor de correspondencia)
Año2018
Volumen39
Número1
Páginas3-16
Fecha de publicación2018-01-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Beliefs and Values (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1361-7672 • E-ISSN: 1469-9362
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13617672.2017.1342413
OpenAlexW2735024678
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas19

As is the case with many new intellectual concepts, the definitional parameters of the term ‘postsecular’ are in flux and ultimately will shape its critical usefulness. This article represents an effort to participate in this discussion with a particular emphasis on the pedagogical importance of the tenets of religious orthodoxy when discussing spiritual matters in the university-level liberal arts classroom. The analysis is contextualized by reflection on the place of religion in the public sphere by various scholars, including Jürgen Habermas and Rowan Williams. This analysis establishes that the study of traditional religious positions in the university classroom can enrich the discourse of the liberal arts; however, neither proselytization nor an emotion-based spiritual paradigm bereft of intellectual rigor will serve these ends. I argue that the re-introduction of religion into analytical discourse in the humanities classroom will be successful if the discussion of religion is complemented by the recognition of the serious study of religious thought and scholarship. The argument is then developed through a pedagogical case study of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited that illustrates how the discussion of orthodox positions can enhance discussion of the novel in the postsecular classroom

Aesthetics · Epistemology · Higher education · Liberal arts education · Orthodoxy · Pedagogy · Political science · Rowan · Scholarship · Sociology · The arts · Theology · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Education and Schools · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices