This book calls on educators to teach the whole child by including their faith as integral to their identity and offers suggestions for how to honor faith within a nurturing learning environment. Part One describes the concept of faith honoring as an extension of historical educational approaches and offers a framework for how to teach in ways that are faith-honoring. Part Two is a collection of personal essays reflecting on experiences of faith honoring and faith silencing.
Tabella dei contenuti
Introduction
PART ONE: Conceptualizing Faith Honoring
Chapter One: Conceptualizing Faith Honoring
Amaarah De Cuir, Ed D, and Jill L. Lindsey, Ph D
Chapter Two: Conceptualizing a Spiritual Pedagogy: What Is Faith Honoring in Practice
Jill L. Lindsey
Chapter Three: Choosing Language: Faith, Religion, and Spirituality
Erica Brown
Chapter Four: Educating the Whole Person Includes the Spiritual Dimension
Jill L. Lindsey
Chapter Five: Character Education and Its Implications for Faith-Honoring Pedagogies
Rehenuma Asmi
Chapter Six: Culturally Responsive Teaching as Prelude to Faith Honoring
Douglas J. Stump
PART TWO: Stories of Faith Honoring and Faith Silencing
Stories of Faith Honoring
Love
Amaarah De Cuir, Ed D
The Power of a Holistic Education with Faith Honoring
Jill L. Lindsey, Ph D
Faith Honoring and the Private Christian School Experience
Douglas Stump, Ed D
A Refuge for the Faithful in Academia
Rehenuma Asmi, Ph D
Suspending Belief and Disbelief
Robert A. Rees, Ph D
How the Wise Speak: Faith Еrasure and a Hindu Pedagogical Model for Teaching Religious Difference
Vineet Chander, JD, and Ami Chander, MA
Crisis of Faith
V Efua Prince, Ph D
How Studying Higher Education Helped Me Find My Solvent
Jonathan Schwab, Ed D
Parallel Worlds with Few Intersections
Saul Newman, Ph D
The Bridge and the Veil
Erica Brown, Ph D
Circa l’autore
Amaarah De Cuir, Ed D, is an educator, researcher, and inclusive pedagogy fellow. She is a faculty member at American University in the School of Education and an Executive Board member at the Center for Islam in the Contemporary World at Shenandoah University. Her scholarship spans the areas of antiracist pedagogy, Muslim student experiences, Prophetic pedagogy, faith erasure, equity, antiracism and social justice, education leadership, teacher education, and faculty development. Dr. De Cuir has published articles and chapters in peer-reviewed journals and books, and her public scholarship appears in news and media outlets. A highly regarded educator and facilitator, Dr. De Cuir teaches Education Studies and Social Justice, Education Leadership, and teaches an Antiracist Research Methods course she co-designed. She brings over twеnty years of teaching and leadership experiences from public and private K-12 schools to inform her current work in higher education.