Teaching Scriptures and Ecology

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-32
Author(s):  
Raymond F. Person
Keyword(s):  
Class Discussion ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Religion And Ecology ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Written Reflection

Abstract Any course in religion and ecology can include some discussion of foundational texts, including a critical reading of the literary portrayal of other-than-humans. This article will focus on teaching scriptures and ecology as illustrated in a course entitled “The Bible and the Environment,” which introduces students to an ecojustice reading of the Christian Bible and secondary sources. The article also concerns my adaptation of Felder and Brent’s recommendations for encouraging students to actively engage in class discussion. Since I wanted to introduce more written reflection, I adapted their methods to giving pop quizzes at the beginning, middle, and end of some class sessions. This proved successful in that students were better prepared for class, were more attentive participants in class discussion, and had better comprehension of content, including the ability to apply the concepts of anthropocentrism and ecocentrism to primary and secondary sources.

Truth and Calliope: Ezra Pound's Malatesta

PMLA ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael F. Harper
Keyword(s):  
Primary Sources ◽  
Historical Documents ◽  
Essential Difference ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Literary Critic ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The One

Among critics who accept the Aristotelian distinction between “poetry” and “history,” those who recognize that Pound's Cantos aspires to “history” generally consider it bad history and “impure” poetry; critics who value it as poetry usually dismiss its claim to history. But Pound's aesthetic recognizes no essential difference between poetry and history; a poem, for him, is a report of its author's experience, and by reading historical documents as attentively as poetry, one can penetrate to the reality behind them, too. A good literary critic is therefore the best historian. The Malatesta Cantos show this theory in action; Pound's Sigismundo, derived from a critical reading of primary sources, seems more plausible than the one found in most secondary sources. These cantos show that Pound's attempts at writing history should be taken more seriously than they have been and that his achievement as an epic poet should be reevaluated.

scholarly journals “GOD’S NOT DEAD 2” DILEMMA: SELECTED RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ISSUES OF K-12 SCHOOL TEACHERS

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-51
Author(s):  
Iwona Zamkowska
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Religious Liberty ◽  
Class Discussion ◽  
Religious Expression ◽  
School Officials ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Lower Courts ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Federal Guidelines

The aim of the research is to confirm whether “God’s Not Dead” (2016) production is an adequate portrayal of religious liberty of school officials in present-day K-12 schools in the United States. The author limited the discussion to the essential problem questions inspired by the production, such as teachers’ right to express their religious views both in the formal setting of a class discussion, and out-of-class informal exchange with students and fellow faculty members. The problem was discussed against the backdrop of selected legal and legislative acts that determine the scope of teachers’ religious expression, such as selected courts’ decisions, official federal guidelines issued by the Department of Education as well as the guides published by non-government organizations. The results of the Bible Literacy Project as well as interviews with several school officials were utilized to further verify the basic concepts of the research. The source texts were analyzed using a close reading method. The study seems to prove that due to the complexity of the legal system as well as the discrepancy between the lines of decisions reached in lower courts it difficult to unambiguously assess the probability of the scenario featured in the movie. However, observable trends in case law and governmental control over teachers’ in-class speech appear to imply that the script is definitely accurate in its portrayal of a legal liability of teachers, and possibly less so in respect of the favorable outcome of the dispute.

scholarly journals Proper names in marginal notes to a 17th century Romanian translation of the Old Testament (ms. no. 4389 B.A.R.)

Diacronia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana-Maria Gînsac ◽  
Mădălina Ungureanu
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Proper Names ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
Main Text ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Romanian Academy ◽  
Complete Translation ◽  
Translation Errors

Translating proper names in earlier Romanian versions of the Bible raised different challenges. Some of them were solved in the main text, some other in marginal notes. Such notes are to be found in the second complete translation of the Old Testament into Romanian, kept in the manuscript no. 4389 from the Romanian Academy Library and dated in the second half of the 17th century. The marginal notes from this old Romanian translation refer to the relation of the text with its Slavonic source, in terms of correcting the translation errors, with the secondary sources (in Latin, Romanian, and Greek), pointing to some denomination models different from the main source, and with the linguistic norm of the translated text, in terms of grammatical and lexical adaptations to the system and vocabulary of Romanian. This article explores the strategies related to the translation into Romanian of biblical names based on their treatment in the marginal notes of the mentioned text; it also aims at clarifying, as far as possible, the sources and how the translator relates to them.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Translation and Interpretation of the Dangme Bible

2020 ◽  
pp. 109-115
Author(s):  
Jonathan E. T. Kuwornu-Adjaottor
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Biblical Hermeneutics ◽  
The Bible

A critical reading of the Dangme translation of the Bible revealed that there are translation problems of some texts that affect the understanding and application of such texts in the religio-cultural context of Dangme Bible readers. Using the mixed method of research and the mother tongue biblical hermeneutics approach, the author sought to research some phrases of three of such problematic texts: Matt 6:12; Mark 1:12; Luke 24:25. The findings are that among Dangme Bible readers, kε ke (Grk. afes, forgive, let go) in Matt 6:12 matches better with tɔmi ɔmε (wrongdoings, sins) rather than hiɔ ɔmε (Grk. ofeileemata, debts); in Mark 1:12, ha nε e ho (permitted him to go) is a better rendition of the Greek ekballoo (threw out/cast out); in Luke 24:25, Oo nyε juεmi he jɔ, (your mind has become cold) tones down the insult in anoeetoi translated as kuasiahi. The author’s translation of the texts would go a long way in helping Dangme Bible readers understand the said texts in context. The paper has thus, added Dangme translations and interpretations of Matt 6:12, Mark 1:12 and Luke 24:25 to the existing translations and interpretations of the texts.

The Beginnings of a Critical Reading of the Pentateuch

2021 ◽  
pp. 133-142
Author(s):  
Jean-Louis Ska
Keyword(s):  
Critical Reading ◽  
Critical Inquiry ◽  
Literal Sense ◽  
Critical Engagement ◽  
The Bible ◽  
History Of

This essay presents a brief history of critical inquiry into the origin of the Pentateuch, whether to Mosaic authorship or to the idea of unified authorship in any sense, as well as into whether the Pentateuch, or the Bible more generally, is to be taken as “true” in a literal sense. It covers ground from Origen to Spinoza, and presents the background to later, and all modern, critical engagement with the text.

scholarly journals Teaching Picturebooks in First Year Literature Courses

2021 ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Danielle A. Morris-O’Connor
Keyword(s):  
Group Work ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Class Discussion ◽  
First Year ◽  
Essay Writing ◽  
Work Activities ◽  
Transferable Skills ◽  
Arts And Sciences ◽  
Secondary Sources

In many universities, first year literature courses are required for students in a wide variety of programs, including arts and sciences. These courses are generally focused on teaching transferable skills and strategies, such as critical analysis, essay writing, and research. This article argues that picturebooks are an exceptional teaching tool for these broadly focused first-year courses, because they quickly engage students as learners, encourage participation, and open students to new approaches of critically reading texts while challenging their assumptions and personal biases about children’s literature. Examples of picturebooks, secondary sources, class discussion, and group work activities used in first year literature courses are shared, along with students’ responses to these approaches. The article ends with an explanation of a short, low-stakes assignment that instructors can assign students to help build essential skills with picturebooks, and exercises to do around picturebooks to work on critical thinking skills. Picturebooks are often perceived as being simple and only for children, but many picturebooks are layered texts that make great teaching tools for any literature course.

scholarly journals Een teks - meerdere betekenisse: Hoe lees ons die Bybel?

2008 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernest Van Eck
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Cultural Distance ◽  
Biblical Text ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Metaphorical Language ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
Multiple Meanings ◽  
Theological Debate

One text – multiple meanings: How do we read the Bible? This article discusses three ways of reading the Bible that are evident in the current theological debate in South Africa: a fundamentalist, foundationalist and critical reading. A brief description and evaluation of the three reading strategies are given. It is indicated that a fundamentalist reading of the Bible essentially operates with a canon in the canon, and a foundationalist reading with a canon outside the canon. A critical reading, which roots can be traced back to the Reformation, is put forward as possibly a more responsible way of reading the Biblical text, especially since it takes cognizance of the historical and cultural distance between text and reader. It is argued that readers who take this “differentness” seriously, are enabled to read the Bible afresh and anew, especially in terms of some burning ethical questions of our day. Attention is also given to a critical reading of metaphorical language of the Bible.

Rethinking Biopolitics and Governance in India during the Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 001955612110457
Author(s):  
Avilasha Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Michel Foucault ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Giorgio Agamben ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The Social ◽  
Partha Chatterjee ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The article critically examines the different strategies through which the Union government of India is battling against the novel coronavirus outbreak. In particular, the article examines the socio-economic implications of India’s nation-wide lockdown (25 March 2020–31 May 2020), and how one can conceptualise the same from a biopolitical framework. The article heavily draws from the works of influential thinkers such as Michel Foucault (1977, 2003, 2007), Giorgio Agamben (1998), Achille Mbembe (2019) and Partha Chatterjee (2006), to analyse the Indian state’s responses to Covid-19. The data deployed in this article is largely gathered from the author’s observations of the lockdown, and secondary sources such as newspaper articles, reports published by international and national organisations, academic journals, and social media websites. The main objectives of this article were to provide a critical reading of India’s ‘lockdown’ approach and ‘necropolitical governmentality,’ and understand how implementing the same has adversely impacted and reconfigured the social and the quotidian life of citizens.

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