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Using Media to Teach Religious Studies: Reflections on Second-order Mediatisation of Religion

Author(s): Roth, Mirko

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In terms of media theories, teaching religious studies provides a second-order mediatisation of religious phenomena – a mediatisation of phenomena already mediatised by religious traditions. That tension needs to be reflected upon, as it raises a number of questions before we even reach the classroom. Furthermore, in class another tension comes to light, between teaching objectives and their limits. By formulating a hypothesis and problematising these tensions, this article develops a strategy based on the application of a concept of “competence acquisition”. How this strategy might look in a teaching scenario is demonstrated from an introductory seminar on Islam.

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Roth, Mirko: Using Media to Teach Religious Studies: Reflections on Second-order Mediatisation of Religion. In: Journal for Religion, Film and Media, Jg. 3 (2017), Nr. 2, S. 17-35. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/19459.
@ARTICLE{Roth2017,
 author = {Roth, Mirko},
 title = {Using Media to Teach Religious Studies: Reflections on Second-order Mediatisation of Religion},
 year = 2017,
 doi = "\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/19459}",
 volume = 3,
 address = {Marburg},
 journal = {Journal for Religion, Film and Media},
 number = 2,
 pages = {17--35},
}
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