Emphasis for the religion and culture TIG
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> Some of you may still be considering an emphasis or focus for your
> presentation for the Religion and Culture TIG in Helsinki. During our Izmir
> meeting we all agreed on the topic of Narrative and Story. I neglected to
> include this in our call for papers. My apologies. This would be a marvelous
> topic to consider and write about. Narrative is an essential aspect of
> religious ways of knowing, ritual reenactment, preservation of culture and
> tradition, and religious education. How do we deal with narrative and story in
> our classes? What are the crucial differences between narrative, theory and
> dogma? What new forms of narrative (cinema, video games) are emerging and how
> do they compare with the ancient arts of ritual and griot based storytelling?
> We might want to exchange pedagogical techniques and approaches we use in the
> classroom, even trying them out experimentally in our meeting. Let us know if
> you want to offer a presentation or workshop on this topic.
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