- Title
- Learning as leaving home: fear, empathy and hospitality in the theology and religion classroom
- Creator
- Fleming, Daniel; Lovat, Terence
- Relation
- Teaching Theology and Religion Vol. 18, Issue 3, p. 207-223
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/teth.12286
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- The article is a response to this journal's Teaching Metaphor call for papers, as well as drawing from a previous publication in which Kent Eilers (2014) developed a methodology for teaching global theologies. In this methodology, in which the ultimate goal was posited proposed to be the development of "hermeneutical dispositions of empathy, hospitality, and receptivity toward culturally diverse voices" (2014, 165). This article considers the goals of Eilers' methodology, and others like his, and how it is that the metaphors of "leaving home" and "communal imagination" highlight the importance of the ambient and interpersonal features of a classroom and their effect on the attainment of the above goals. In so doing, it extends the conversation beyond content and methodology in teaching theology and religion and theology into the realms of philosophy of education, and as well as the fields of moral and values education. It is contended that the metaphors informed by these areas of study facilitate the attainment of Eilers' stated such objectives, and others like these ones, by demonstrating that the cultivation of an ambience of care, trust and compassion within the classroom constitutes an essential foundation for learning in which students "leave home" and cultivate "communal imagination". The article finishes with practical suggestions for educators of theology and religion and theology.
- Subject
- teaching; classroom; global theologies; Australia
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1336291
- Identifier
- uon:27587
- Identifier
- ISSN:1467-9647
- Language
- eng
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