Gender, sexuality, and the Bible: teaching for social justice

Courses on the Bible, gender, and sexuality offer many opportunities to promote social justice in the classroom. Instead of emphasizing course content, this article focuses on practical strategies and tactics that incorporate social justice into the everyday teaching of these courses. Drawing on fem...

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Subtitles:Activism in the Biblical Studies Classroom: Global Perspectives
Main Author: Graybill, Rhiannon 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sheffield Institute for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies 2020
In: Journal for interdisciplinary biblical studies (JIBS)
Year: 2020, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-49
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Activism / Queer theory / Geschlechterforscher / Pedagogics / Hospitalism / Bible / Study / Religiosity / Bible study
IxTheo Classification:FD Contextual theology
HA Bible
Further subjects:B Spaßverderber
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Summary:Courses on the Bible, gender, and sexuality offer many opportunities to promote social justice in the classroom. Instead of emphasizing course content, this article focuses on practical strategies and tactics that incorporate social justice into the everyday teaching of these courses. Drawing on feminist, queer, and affect theory, as well as practical experience, I propose and discuss four questions for assessing classroom practices and materials: Is it welcoming?, Does this joy need to be killed?, Does it work?, and Is it fun? The article also addresses topics such as course design, the selection of readings, assessment, and course pacing from the perspective of teaching for social justice.
ISSN:2633-0695
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for interdisciplinary biblical studies (JIBS)
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.17613/d9qk-nz46