The Immersion Experience: Lessons from Study Abroad in Religion

This paper discusses strategies I employed during seven years of teaching within a study abroad program focusing on religion. This year-long program traveled to four Asian countries and included immersion experiences in monasteries, ashrams, and other religious institutions. I identify four principl...

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Main Author: Mitchell, Kerry (Author)
Contributors: Barbour, John D. (Bibliographic antecedent)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2015]
In: Teaching theology and religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 56-62
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
AH Religious education
KBM Asia
ZF Education
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