Embodied Pedagogies in the Study of Religion

Introduction Embodied Pedagogy: Framing the Past and the Present 1. Hermeneutics of Engagement: Pedagogical Approaches to South Asian Religions at Naropa 2. 4E Cognitive Science and the Transformative Study of Religion Embodied Pedagogy and Teaching Sacred Texts 3. Bodies in Havruta-style Learning in College Classrooms 4. "Knowledge is said to be in a place": Teaching an Ancient Esoteric Text Through Experimental, Embodied Reading Practices 5. Write a Rite! A Writing Pedagogy of Constructive Imagination 6. Learning the Body, Clearing the Mind 7. Embodying the Qu'ran: An Interview with Dr. Rahina Muazu Embodied Pedagogy and the Study of Religious Practices 8. Translating the Expressive Body: A Pedagogy of Embodied Practice Across Cultures 9. Mirror in the Classroom: Integrating Contemplative Practices 10. Dancing Bare Feet and Sitting Cross-legged: South-Asian Movement Practice and Anthropology of the Body 11. Inviting the Ancestors to Class: Traditional Spirituality as Teaching Philosophy 12. My Experience with Ifa and Traditional Yoruba Pedagogy Embodied Pedagogy and the Study of Religion 13. Embodied Pedagogy and Embedded Religion: Taking a Bite out of the Apple 14. Readings from the Spirits, Dances with the Lord: The "Site Visit" as Embodied Pedagogy and Transformational Classroom 15. The Body as a Site of Knowledge: Moving Beyond Texts in a High School Classroom 16. Enabling Embodied Epistemologies in Disabled and Distance Learning 17. Educational Video Games and Embodied Pedagogies 18. Embodied Minds, Cultural Corpses, and the Work of the Dead: On Teaching the Anthropology of Death and Mortuary Ritual