Lessons The Journal of the Center for Teaching & Learning Excellence, Volume Six Number 1 Fall 2004

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lessons Volume Six, Number 1 www.ugs.utah.edu/ctle/lessons www.lib.utah.edu/epubs/lessons PRODUCER & CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Stephanie Richardson EDITOR & PRODUCTION MANAGER Jessica Durfee INCOMING EDITOR Natalie Barfuss PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Brian Prettyman MANAGING EDITOR Ruby Wang CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Aly Daniels Elliott Fraughton Brian Prettyman CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Kira Jones Ruby Wang Lyndsey Scull Shellie Scott-Wilson Laura Jones John Coon Jessica Evans CONTRIBUTING FACULTY WRITERS Stephanie Richardson Kim Welch CONTRIBUTING COPY EDITORS Doug Hageman Lyndsey Scull Ruby Wang FACULTY ADVISOR Jim Fisher CTLE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Doug Hageman CTLE ITA TRAINING COORDINATOR Diane Cotsonas EDUCATION SPECIALIST FOR TAs Kimberly Welch Cover Photo by Elliott Fraughton September 2003 Center for Teaching & Learning Excellence University of Utah 136 Sill Center 195 S. Central Campus Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0511 [phone] www.ugs.utah.edu/services/ctle contents The Intersection of Ethics and Religion in the Classroom Managing Religious Conflict on Campus Voices The Professor's Role: Teacher not Preacher Spirituality and Religiosity in the Classroom Profiles in Spirituality: Debating Deity and Darwinism The Good Word: Religious Studies at the U Literature in Spirituality: Mitch Albom on Spirituality and Higher Education Appreciating our Religious Diversity Crew j | J 24 letter from the director We live in tense times. As this issue was going to press, terrible things were being done around the world in the name of religion, while on our own campus a court-ordered dialog has begun as a result of the settlement of the Axson-Flynn case. The topics for lessons are chosen by student writers and editors a year or more in advance of publication. The timely nature of this issue, given world and local events, tell me that religion is important to us on this campus and simply will not go away. In fact, religion is becoming more and more a force to contend with in our professional lives. I hope that you will look closely at what students have written about spirituality and religion. Perhaps they have inspired discussion about the complex issues of freedom of religion and academic freedom, and how debate about our values affects teaching and learning.