tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10727233.post8384319478550511477..comments2023-10-17T05:09:09.069-05:00Comments on <center>Lanny on Learning</center>: Theism - "Pan", "Mono", and "A"Lanny Arvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05597426421997599777noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10727233.post-66810840894150641912010-01-02T16:47:28.446-06:002010-01-02T16:47:28.446-06:00Reminds me of some of the experiences I had teachi...Reminds me of some of the experiences I had teaching some religious texts in a first-year studies course, in the South.Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10727233.post-29549537610370144122010-01-02T09:29:13.515-06:002010-01-02T09:29:13.515-06:00Bryan - I'm afraid I can't help you with t...Bryan - I'm afraid I can't help you with that request. I had a former colleague (now retired) who taught religious studies, but he did that as a great books course, and he reported that among recent vintage students even those in the campus honors program couldn't really penetrate the texts - not a promising determination for a course on composition.Lanny Arvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05597426421997599777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10727233.post-71955421724408869452010-01-02T07:40:16.615-06:002010-01-02T07:40:16.615-06:00Nice meditation, Lanny.
I finally saw Avatar, and...Nice meditation, Lanny.<br /><br />I finally saw Avatar, and was surprised at the weakness of the religious argument. It's a minor detail, I think. The humans never voice religion at all (which is odd). And nothing gets made of the scientists' discovery that the life forms are somehow networked.<br /><br />Csn you recommend good work in composition studies about teaching writing and religion?Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.com