1st Edition
Embodied Pedagogies in the Study of Religion Transforming the Classroom
List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART 1 Embodied Pedagogy: Framing the Past and the Present
1 Hermeneutics of Engagement: Pedagogical Approaches to South Asian Religions at Naropa
Ben Williams
2 4E Cognitive Science and the Transformative Study of Religion
John Vervaeke and Christopher Mastropietro
PART 2 Embodied Pedagogy and Teaching Sacred Texts
3 Bodies in Havruta-style Learning in College Classrooms
Sarah Imhoff
4 “Knowledge is said to be in a place”: Teaching an Ancient Esoteric Text Through Experimental, Embodied Reading Practices
Charles M. Stang
5 Write a Rite! A Writing Pedagogy of Constructive Imagination
Aaron Michael Ullrey
6 Learning the Body, Clearing the Mind
Anne C. Klein
7 Embodying the Qu’ran: An Interview with Dr. Rahina Muazu
Ariella Gayotto Hohl
PART 3 Embodied Pedagogy and the Study of Religious Practices
8 Translating the Expressive Body: A Pedagogy of Embodied Practice Across Cultures
Anya Foxen
9 Mirror in the Classroom: Integrating Contemplative Practices
Sravana Borkataky-Varma
10 Dancing Bare Feet and Sitting Cross-legged: South-Asian Movement Practice and Anthropology of the Body
Pallabi Chakravorty
11 Inviting the Ancestors to Class: Traditional Spirituality as Teaching Philosophy
Stefan Ray Sanchez
12 My Experience with Ifá and Traditional Yoruba Pedagogy
Ayodeji Ogunnaike
PART 4 Embodied Pedagogy and the Study of Religion
13 Embodied Pedagogy and Embedded Religion: Taking a Bite out of the Apple
Sarabinh Levy-Brightman
14 Readings from the Spirits, Dances with the Lord: The “Site Visit” as Embodied Pedagogy and Transformational Classroom
Hugh B. Urban
15 The Body as a Site of Knowledge: Moving Beyond Texts in a High School Classroom
John Camardella
16 Enabling Embodied Epistemologies in Disabled and Distance Learning
Suzanne Newcombe
17 Educational Video Games and Embodied Pedagogies
Xenia Zeiler
18 Embodied Minds, Cultural Corpses, and the Work of the Dead: On Teaching the Anthropology of Death and Mortuary Ritual
Keith E. McNeal
19 On Falling in Love in the Classroom: An Interview with Justin McDaniel
Sarabinh Levy-Brightman
Index
Biography
Sravana Borkataky-Varma is an expert in South Asian religions, with a focus on Hindu traditions. Currently, she is an Instructional Assistant Professor at the University of Houston as well as a Research Affiliate at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School.
Sarabinh Levy-Brightman is an educator, curriculum consultant, and teacher coach. Her academic background is in the study of religion with a focus on the relationship between mind and body in Christian theology and Western philosophy, particularly phenomenology.
