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This chapter is intended as an aid for designing either a full course on the intersection of critical pedagogy, fantasy literature, and religious studies or at least material for one or two lessons along these lines in a course in religious studies or English, based on the conviction that teachers of both literature and religion may benefit from each other’s critical insights and material. Furthermore, this chapter’s proposals will hopefully be flexible enough to aid course development for high school, undergraduate, or graduate levels.
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Fredrickson, N. (2016). Designing a Course Integrating Critical Pedagogy, Fantasy Literature, and Religious Studies. In: Fabrizi, M.A. (eds) Fantasy Literature. Critical Literacy Teaching Series: Challenging Authors And Genres. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-758-0_5
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