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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2017): Using Media in Religious Studies

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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.25364/05.3:2017.2.2
Submitted
November 8, 2017
Published
2017-11-15

Abstract

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.