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" Teaching Animals and Religion "
Dave Aftandilian
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AL
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1086116
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LA129745
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10.1163/15685357-20211007
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English
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Dave Aftandilian
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Teaching Animals and Religion [Article]\ Dave Aftandilian
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| Publication Statement
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Leiden: Brill
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Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology
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2021
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25/1
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48–70
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Although animals have served as subjects and objects of religion since the Paleolithic, they are often omitted from standard religious studies courses. In this article, I discuss some best practices for introducing students to the study of animals and religion. After outlining some of the benefits of teaching about animals and religion, I explain the pros and cons of the two main approaches: by tradition or by topic. The majority of the article discusses some of the most important topics to include, as well as how best to approach several of them in terms of pedagogy and media. The final section explains the importance of bringing real animals into courses like this, and offers a variety of experiential education techniques for doing so, including contemplative practices. Although animals have served as subjects and objects of religion since the Paleolithic, they are often omitted from standard religious studies courses. In this article, I discuss some best practices for introducing students to the study of animals and religion. After outlining some of the benefits of teaching about animals and religion, I explain the pros and cons of the two main approaches: by tradition or by topic. The majority of the article discusses some of the most important topics to include, as well as how best to approach several of them in terms of pedagogy and media. The final section explains the importance of bringing real animals into courses like this, and offers a variety of experiential education techniques for doing so, including contemplative practices.
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animals and religion
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contemplative studies
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experiential education
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religion and ecology
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10.1163/15685357-20211007
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