"Uton We Hycgan Hwur We Ham Agen": An Uncertain Christian in the Classroom
This essay offers a personal meditation on my own struggle with faith and the ways in which that struggle sometimes erupted unbidden as I presented to my students what I imagined to be straightforward analyses of textual material incorporating religious content. The classroom discussion therefore re...
| Published in: | Religion & literature |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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| In: |
Religion & literature
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old English language
/ Religious literature
/ Religious pedagogy
/ Protestantism
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KBF British Isles KDD Protestant Church RF Christian education; catechetics |
| Further subjects: | B
FAITH (Christianity)
B Epiphany B Lutheran Church B Religious Studies B Mediation |
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| Summary: | This essay offers a personal meditation on my own struggle with faith and the ways in which that struggle sometimes erupted unbidden as I presented to my students what I imagined to be straightforward analyses of textual material incorporating religious content. The classroom discussion therefore required a balancing act on my part, mediation, in a variety of ways, not least of which was a balance between my own (dis)belief and my students'. Such mediation ultimately can create an ephemeral safe haven in the relics of the page, in spite of conflicting perceptions of faith. While the moment of religious epiphany doesn't - can't - last, the possibility of safe harbor does, and I tried to find for both my students and me a place to call home, at least momentarily, a haven in the literature. |
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| ISSN: | 2328-6911 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/rel.2019.0009 |