Smith Publishes Article in Theology Journal

SmithBrianBrian Smith, the Charles and Joan Van Zoeren Chair in Religion, Ethics, and Values, recently published an article, “Teaching the Devout Student: Faith and Scholarship in the Classroom,” in the April 2013 edition of the peer-reviewed journal Teaching Theology and Religion. The publication is produced by the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion and seeks to sustain, “a crucial international discourse among faculty members about teaching and learning in the several sub-disciplines in the study of religion.”

Smith’s article addresses methods faculty members can use to get religiously committed students in a liberal arts college to take the academic study of religion seriously.

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