Full Description
This book calls on educators to teach the whole child by including their faith as integral to their identity and offers suggestions for how to honor faith within a nurturing learning environment. Part One describes the concept of faith honoring as an extension of historical educational approaches and offers a framework for how to teach in ways that are faith-honoring. Part Two is a collection of personal essays reflecting on experiences of faith honoring and faith silencing.
Contents
Introduction
PART ONE: Conceptualizing Faith Honoring
Chapter One: Conceptualizing Faith Honoring
Amaarah DeCuir, EdD, and Jill L. Lindsey, PhD
Chapter Two: Conceptualizing a Spiritual Pedagogy: What Is Faith Honoring in Practice
Jill L. Lindsey
Chapter Three: Choosing Language: Faith, Religion, and Spirituality
Erica Brown
Chapter Four: Educating the Whole Person Includes the Spiritual Dimension
Jill L. Lindsey
Chapter Five: Character Education and Its Implications for Faith-Honoring Pedagogies
Rehenuma Asmi
Chapter Six: Culturally Responsive Teaching as Prelude to Faith Honoring
Douglas J. Stump
PART TWO: Stories of Faith Honoring and Faith Silencing
Stories of Faith Honoring
Love
Amaarah DeCuir, EdD
The Power of a Holistic Education with Faith Honoring
Jill L. Lindsey, PhD
Faith Honoring and the Private Christian School Experience
Douglas Stump, EdD
A Refuge for the Faithful in Academia
Rehenuma Asmi, PhD
Suspending Belief and Disbelief
Robert A. Rees, PhD
How the Wise Speak: Faith Еrasure and a Hindu Pedagogical Model for Teaching Religious Difference
Vineet Chander, JD, and Ami Chander, MA
Crisis of Faith
V Efua Prince, PhD
How Studying Higher Education Helped Me Find My Solvent
Jonathan Schwab, EdD
Parallel Worlds with Few Intersections
Saul Newman, PhD
The Bridge and the Veil
Erica Brown, PhD
