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Publication Date: 2024-Mar
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Rehabituating Theology: Habit Forming Theological Education Integrating Contemplative and Embodied Pedagogy
Teaching Theology & Religion, v27 n1-2 p19-23 2024
Theological education faces the task of forming leaders and scholars with the capacity for personal and social transformation. This effort requires a deeper understanding of habit formation as both problem and potential. Utilizing the example of how racism functions through embodied habits, this article emphasizes bodily awareness and repeated practice as necessary components for theological formation. In doing so, this approach integrates contemplative and embodied pedagogies and suggests ways to address the research gap in these areas, especially regarding the study and teaching of religion. The tools and resources of somatic abolitionism offer a way to rewire bodily perceptions with theological classrooms.
Descriptors: Theological Education, Teaching Methods, Social Change, Transformative Learning, Racism, Religious Education, Human Body, Self Concept
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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