As it is now backed by an impressive number of courses, academic programs and centers, faculty positions, journals and publications, funding, and professional partnerships, there is no longer a question as to whether the interreligious/interfaith field exists.
But its meaning and import are still being debated. How is this field distinct from, yet similar to, other fields, such as religious or theological studies? What are its signature pedagogies and methodologies? What are its motivations and key questions? In other words, what is the shape of interfaith and interreligious studies, and what is its distinct contribution? These questions are the driving force behind this anthology.
Introduction
–Eboo Patel, Jennifer Howe Peace, Noah J. Silverman
I. CONSTRUCTIONS: MAPPING THE FIELD
(Inter)Religious Studies: Making a Home in the Secular Academy
–Kate McCarthy
From the History of Religions to Interfaith Studies: A Theological Educator’s Exercise in Adaptation
–Deanna Ferree Womack
Common Ground: Imagining Interfaith Studies as an Inclusive, Interdisciplinary Field
–Elizabeth Kubek
Constructing Interreligious Studies: Thinking Critically About Interfaith Studies and the Interfaith Movement
–Amy L. Allocco, Geoffrey D. Claussen, and Brian K. Pennington
Learning from the Field: Six Themes from Interfaith/Interreligious Studies Curricula
–Kristi Del Vecchio and Noah J. Silverman
II. PEDAGOGY AND CLASSROOM PRACTICES
Transforming Introductory Courses in Religion: From World Religions to Interreligious Studies
–Kevin Minister
Using the Case Method in Interfaith Studies Classrooms
–Ellie Pierce
Teaching the “Most Beautiful of Stories”: Narrative Reflection as a Signature Pedagogy for Interfaith Studies
–Matthew Maruggi and Martha E. Stortz
A Pedagogy of Listening: Teaching the Qur’an to Non-Muslims
–Michael Birkel
Meeting Others, Seeing Myself: Experiential Pedagogies in Interfaith Studies
–Wakoh Shannon Hickey and Margarita M. W. Suárez
III. CHALLENGES AND CHOICES
Six Issues That Complicate Interreligious Studies and Engagement
–Rachel S. Mikva
The Promising Practice of Antiracist Approaches to Interfaith Studies
–Jeannine Hill Fletcher
The Possibility of Solidarity: Evangelicals and the Field of Interfaith Studies
–Marion H. Larson and Sara L. H. Shady
Water, Climate, Stars, and Place: Toward an Interspecies Interfaith Belonging
–Lisa E. Dahill
IV. APPLICATIONS BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
The Value of Interreligious Education for Religious Leaders
–Jennifer Howe Peace and Or N. Rose
From Prison Religion to Interfaith Leadership for Institutional Change
–Barbara A. McGraw
Interfaith Studies and the Professions: Could Heightened Religious Understanding Seed Success within Secular Careers?
–Mark E. Hanshaw with Usra Ghazi
Toward an Interreligious City: A Case Study
–Heather Miller Rubens, Homayra Ziad, and Benjamin E. Sax
Acknowledgments
Editor Biographies
Contributor Biographies
Notes
Index
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