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Betsy Barre discusses the times when we are holding our breath while holding class on episode 548 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I think we could be more generous when we talk to people who disagree with us about pedagogy and recognize the complexity of the decisions that we're making. -Betsy Barre There's been a lot of really somewhat heated discourse about whether it's appropriate to share your views in class, or if that's a violation of your responsibilities. -Betsy Barre Institutions can't be fully neutral. -Betsy Barre Resources Holding Class While Holding Our Breath, by Betsy Barre Stop Treating Students Like Babies: They are citizens in a democracy, not infants in a nursery Teaching: What happened in classes in the days after the election We Asked for It: The politicization of research, hiring, and teaching made professors sitting ducks. I'm a College President, and I Hope My Campus Is Even More Political This Year by Michael Roth Protest and Civil Disobedience Are Two Different Things, by Keith E. Whittington 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People, by David Yeager Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them, by Joshua Greene The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity, by Kwame Anthony Appiah Why We Argue (And How We Should): A Guide to Political Disagreement in an Age of Unreason, by Robert B. Talisse & Scott F. Aikin Teaching Religion and Upholding Academic Freedom (read what Betsy Barre had to share and she recommends Charles Mathewes essay, especially)
In a very merry episode of LTN, the hosts interview Dr. Charles Mathewes about two of his articles--one, using Niebuhr's anthropology to critique his theology, and the other, an investigation of how Niebuhr relates to Virtue Ethics.
This is part two of our discussion about Charles Mathewes’ Washington Post article, “White Christianity is in big trouble. And it’s its own biggest threat.” Check out part one here. In this episode we consider gun control, immigration, the death penalty, and treatment of the poor in an effort to understand and respond to evangelicalism’s Read more about Off Script 41: Guns, Immigrants, and White Evangelicals[…]
This is part two of our discussion about Charles Mathewes’ Washington Post article, “White Christianity is in big trouble. And it’s its own biggest threat.” Check out part one here. In this episode we consider gun control, immigration, the death penalty, and treatment of the poor in an effort to understand and respond to evangelicalism’s Read more about Off Script 41: Guns, Immigrants, and White Evangelicals[…]
While scrolling through Facebook, I came across Charles Mathewes’ Washington Post article, “White Christianity is in big trouble. And it’s its own biggest threat.” At first reading, I was infuriated at what I felt were unfair criticisms, but after I thought about it, I realized what an opportunity this article presented. It collects together no Read more about Off Script 40: Roy Moore, Gay Wedding Cakes, and White Evangelicals[…]
While scrolling through Facebook, I came across Charles Mathewes’ Washington Post article, “White Christianity is in big trouble. And it’s its own biggest threat.” At first reading, I was infuriated at what I felt were unfair criticisms, but after I thought about it, I realized what an opportunity this article presented. It collects together no Read more about Off Script 40: Roy Moore, Gay Wedding Cakes, and White Evangelicals[…]
Charles Mathewes