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Paul Fitzgerald, S.J. Engages with the Question: What Can You Say About the Complexities of Teaching Religion to Undergraduates?
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Interview Date
4-14-2002
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What can you say about the complexities of teaching religion to undergraduates?
Jesuit Paul Fitzgerald speaks about the challenges of teaching religion in a diverse classroom. While many students of other faiths often enrich the conversation and read in ways cradle Catholics have not, it is also a challenge to not offend any of the students own beliefs.
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Paul J. Fitzgerald and Alfred Benney. "Paul Fitzgerald, S.J. Engages with the Question: What Can You Say About the Complexities of Teaching Religion to Undergraduates?" (2002) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/paul_fitzgerald/18/
Playing Time: 4:55 minutes
About the Interviewee: Rev. Dr. Paul J. Fitzgerald, S.J.
Fr. Fitzgerald, S.J. is the Senior Vice President For Academic Affairs at Fairfield University. He formerly taught theology at Santa Clara University and has written on a variety of theological topics. He received doctorates from La Sorbonne and Institut Catholique de Paris and specializes in Sociology of Religion and Practical Theology.
About the Interviewer:
Dr. Alfred Benney is a professor of Religious Studies at Fairfield University. He has a Ph.D in Theology from the Hartford Seminary Foundation and teaches courses in Non-Traditional American Religions and Christian Religious Thought. His research interests include "how people learn"; "the appropriate use of technology in teaching/learning" and "myth as explanatory narrative". He has published work on teaching with technology.