The Oneiro- and the Hagio

Teaching about Dreams from the Standpoint of Comparative Hagiology

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ID3516987
AuthorsChristopher Jensen (0009-0000-0992-040X, Carleton University, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume15
Issue3
Pages332
Publication date2024-03-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel15030332
OpenAlexW4392645615
LanguageEN
References cited23

This paper explores the potentially fruitful interplay between a set of practical and theoretical approaches developed to teach post-secondary students about accounts of dreams and of exemplars, in cases where these phenomena have been deemed significant by specific religious discourse communities. Incorporating insights from his participation in the Comparative Hagiology group, the author suggests-in particular-that the expanded perspective on hagiography proposed by Rondolino, Hollander, and others can serve as a fruitful vantage from which to survey both of these phenomena in the classroom, revealing some intriguing correspondences between them. The author concludes by proposing some ways that the comparative hagiological classroom could be a particularly productive learning environment, and one that directly addresses some of the challenges of contemporary post-secondary education (from both the instructors' and students' perspectives

Art · Sociology · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies

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