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In this brief video, Dr. Jennifer W. Davidson talks about three commitments she brings to the classroom as a theology professor. First, theology is a matter of life and death. Second, seminary students enter the classroom as theologians already, so the classroom experience is about helping students grow more fully into that identity. Finally, whole-hearted…
In this inaugural Women's Studies in Religion Chair Lecture at the Graduate Theological Union, Dr. Jennifer W. Davidson discusses her approaches to teaching the advanced seminar course in Women's Studies in Religion using feminist, contemplative, and liberative approaches in course design and classroom practices.
Enjoyment is one of the key intangible ingredients to fostering love in the classroom. There is a sense of playfulness in enjoyment. And there is also a sense of splendid possibility. Enjoyment and eros go hand in hand. They both have to do with knowing, and searching, and being known.
"What we teachers can finally give to our students is to show them that we are not what they are seeking, nor what they need. As we resist their desires, we can best enable them to reach for something different from what we have, or something else that might even be something more."Stephen H. Webb,…