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August 2023

August 21, 2023

Using ChatGPT in University Classes

As I have thought about how to respond to and integrate ChatGPT into teaching, I...

February 2021

February 20, 2021

Empty Chairs at Empty Tables

This isn't a post about Les Miserables (although I could easily see myself turning my...

August 2020

August 07, 2020

Coaching and Curation in the Covid-19 Classroom

As an introvert who has worked hard at not simply teaching in the manner that...

January 2018

January 11, 2018

#CFP Diversity in the Religion Classroom

I thought this call for papers was worth sharing for at least two reasons. One...

December 2017

December 02, 2017

Nativity Activity

Jeremiah Bailey shared a great idea for an activity for students. Give them the nativity...

August 2016

August 23, 2016

Professors are Just Like Students

A McSweeney's piece offered an alleged WikiLeaks reveal of faculty e-mails. What it depicts sounds like it...

August 14, 2016

Minds on Fire: Reacting to the Past Through Role Play

I've mentioned before the role-playing game that others had drawn to my attention, to replicate...

April 2016

April 19, 2016

Where You Sit In Class

From PHD Comics. I think this is almost certainly true in large classrooms like that...

February 2016

February 22, 2016

Flipping the Church

I found myself reflecting recently on the ways we count "attendance" in relation to church...

January 2016

January 29, 2016

Word Clouds to Assess Learning

I really like the suggestion that Shayna Sheinfeld shared in a recent article, for using...

January 26, 2016

Invent a Religion for Money

Jerry Coyne drew attention to a competition with a cash prize, asking people to invent...

January 11, 2016

Clone Wars in the Classroom

I recently came across some Star Wars lego images about classroom education, and wanted to share...

October 2015

October 30, 2015

We Don’t Know the Whole Story

Maybe instead of or to supplement "What Would Jesus Do?" an updated way of making...

September 2015

September 01, 2015

How To Get The Least Possible Out Of University Religion Classes

Michael Kruger has made a video which describes his own experience of having taken classes with Bart...

August 2015

August 04, 2015

Not Terrorism, Not Appropriate Either

Eddie Kouya drew attention to an article in the Daily Telegraph, about plans to use anti-terrorism...

July 2015

July 30, 2015

#GenCon Thursday

I attended several seminars and similar events today at Gen Con. As a Trade Day...

May 2015

May 15, 2015

Proceed With Extreme Caution

This cartoon from Evolving Perspectives is inspired by the trigger warnings that some universities have been...

April 2015

April 19, 2015

BTW

BTW, this comes from @PHDComics. It is a follow-up to another cartoon from there which...

January 2015

January 22, 2015

Ten Professorial Commandments

Elliott Ratzman offered the following Ten Commandments in Inside Higher Ed: 1. Thou shalt have...

June 2014

June 04, 2014

Book of Job Trigger Warning

Rob Zaretsky's piece in Inside Higher Ed proposes trigger warnings for a number of pieces of...

March 2014

March 08, 2014

Professor Vader

Via Brad Matthies on Twitter.

January 2014

January 03, 2014

Google Glass in Class

I have the opportunity to be one of the Google Glass Explorers and try out...

December 2013

December 27, 2013

Five Awful Reasons to Teach Creationism in Schools

Jack Wellman has posted five really awful reasons to teach creationism in schools. He doesn't...

October 2013

October 01, 2013

“So shalt thou put evil away from among you”

P. Z. Myers shared a link to a wonderful account of a science teacher responding...

September 2013

September 21, 2013

Creationism and Religious Freedom

Today my class on "Religion and Freedom of Expression" met for the first time. It...

August 2013

August 23, 2013

Reciprocal Discomfort

On Wednesday, Butler University hosted its start of year faculty workshop. I presented on my...

July 2013

July 22, 2013

Online and Hybrid Teaching Resources

Several items of interest have come my way today. The Chronicle of Higher Education had...

June 2013

June 06, 2013

Geez Sermon Contest

If you are a scholar or language geek like me, you probably think this post...

May 2013

May 15, 2013

Teaching Religion Online

The "Spotlight on Teaching" section of the latest issue of Religious Studies News is focused on...

March 2013

March 15, 2013

Dinosaurs in a Classroom

Click through to see an excellent cartoon by Mark Parisi. There's a parable in it about...

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