Young Adult Literature and Spirituality - How to Unlock Deeper Understanding with Class Discussion (Hardcover)

This book offers revolutionary approaches to in-class discussions about young adult literature. It shows teachers how to think more widely than the themes of a book to consider how they might operate as prayers of lament, yearning, anger, confession, thankfulness, reconciliation, joy, obedience, pilgrimage, contemplation, and equanimity. It also offers a variety of ways for classroom discussion to consider a representative sentence or two from a young adult novel, and from that allow students to connect to linked passages in the rest of the novel. These approaches for classroom discussion are drawn from a variety of contemplative traditions, including Jewish and Christian faith traditions and include florilegium, lectio divina, PaRDeS, Ignatian Imagination, havruta, and marginalia. Drawing from a range of in-class experiences, the authors explain each approach in the context of twelve popular and critically interesting young adult novels including The Hate U Give, Long Way Down, Speak, The Poet X, The Fault in our Stars, Brown Girl Dreaming, and others. This book will transform discussions that are disconnected from the book, lacking in relevance, or missing the energy that drives good conversation into meaningful and energetic class discussions that students and teachers alike will value.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2022
Authors:	William Boerman-Cornell • Deborah Vriend Van Duinen • Kristine Alatheia Mensonides Gritter • Xu Bian
Dimensions:	239 x 160 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	180
ISBN-13:	978-1-4758-6209-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject Books > Children's & Educational > Humanities > Religious education / world faiths > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > Secondary schools > General Books > Children's & Educational > Language & literature > English (including English as a school subject) > English literary criticism > General Books > Children's Fiction & Fun Promotions
LSN:	1-4758-6209-1
Barcode:	9781475862096

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