The Religion and Theology Student Writer's Manual and Reader's Guide

Joel Hopko, Gregory M. Scott, Stephen M. Garrison

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN: 9798765176986
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Religion

The Religion Student Writer's Manual and Reader's Guide, is a set of instructions and exercises that sequentially develop citizenship, academic, and professional skills while providing students with knowledge about a wide range of religious concepts, phenomena, and information sources. Part 1 begins by teaching students about reading and writing in introductory religion.It focuses on the crafts of writing and scholarship by providing the basics of grammar, style, formats and source citation, and then introduces students to a variety of rich information resources including the religious journals and the Library of Congress. Part 2 prepares students to research, read, write, review, and critique religious scholarship. Finally, Part 3 provides for the practice of religious scholarship in advanced courses such as the history of religion and contemporary approaches to the study of religion.

Table of contents

• Cover
• The Religion andTheology StudentWriter’s Manual andReader’s Guide
• BRIEF CONTENTS
• CONTENTS
• TO THE STUDENT
• TO THE TEACHER
• 1
• READ AND WRITE TO UNDERSTAND RELIGION AND THEOLOGY
• 2
• READ AND WRITE EFFECTIVELY
• 3
• PRACTICE THE CRAFT OF SCHOLARSHIP
• 4
• BECOME FAMILIAR WITH QUALITY INFORMATION SOURCES
• 5
• LEARNING OBSERVATION SKILLS
• 6
• LEARNING SCHOLARSHIP SKILLS
• 7
• LEARNING EFFECTIVE RESEARCH SKILLS
• 8
• STUDY THE HISTORY OF RELIGION
• 9
• DISCOVER SOME CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF RELIGION
• 10
• ENGAGING SCRIPTURE
• 11
• ENGAGING THE HISTORY OF THEOLOGY
• 12
• WRITING FOR WORSHIP AND SHARING LIFE
• GLOSSARY
• REFERENCES
• INDEX