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HDS 2963

Children's Literature and Religious Education: Seminar

Stephanie Paulsell

Description

This course will explore the place of the practice of reading in children's religious lives and consider the role of religious communities in protecting and nourishing this practice. The course will also explore religious accounts of childhood and how these are reflected or critiqued in literature for children and in practices of religious education. The course will focus on the writings of two or three authors (for example, C.S. Lewis, Philip Pullman, Virginia Hamilton, and David Almond), considering the accounts of childhood and religion in their work and the place of their books in the shaping of childrens religious lives.

Enrollment Limited: Limited to 15 (instructor's permission required)
Open to BTI Students: Yes

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Scheduling

Half Course
Fall 2009
F., 9-11
Rockefeller Hall, Room 116

Relationship to Program Requirements

Program Requirement	Area / Category / Art / Designation
MTS Area(s) of Focus	Religion, Literature, and Culture
MDiv Distribution Category/ies	Christianity
MDiv Art(s) of Ministry	Religious Education
ThM, pre-2007 MTS, and pre-2005 MDiv Area	Area 2
Language Course Designation(s)	n/a