CONGRESS CANCELED Teaching the Saints (A Roundtable)
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Hagiography continues to provide a rich body of material for studies of the medieval world across numerous scholarly fields but it also serves as the basis for innovative pedagogical approaches to many topics including religion, history, musicology, and art history. The lives of the saints found across diverse confessional traditions, and the interdependent relationship of holy persons to their communities, evolving over place and time, offers a myriad of educational opportunities from comparative studies, theoretical examinations of concepts of holiness, and micro or macro social-historical approaches. This roundtable seeks to bring together educators who have creatively utilized hagiography in the classroom to share how their specific approaches to teaching the saints have illuminated their students’ understanding of the medieval world. Barbara Zimbalist
CONGRESS CANCELED Teaching the Saints (A Roundtable)
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Hagiography continues to provide a rich body of material for studies of the medieval world across numerous scholarly fields but it also serves as the basis for innovative pedagogical approaches to many topics including religion, history, musicology, and art history. The lives of the saints found across diverse confessional traditions, and the interdependent relationship of holy persons to their communities, evolving over place and time, offers a myriad of educational opportunities from comparative studies, theoretical examinations of concepts of holiness, and micro or macro social-historical approaches. This roundtable seeks to bring together educators who have creatively utilized hagiography in the classroom to share how their specific approaches to teaching the saints have illuminated their students’ understanding of the medieval world. Barbara Zimbalist