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II. Flipping the Classroom Inside-Out: A Systematic Theologian Discovers Contemplative Pedagogy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2019

Brian D. Robinette*
Affiliation:
Boston College

Extract

Shortly after receiving tenure in 2009, I hit a brick wall. Having poured so much energy into the tenure process, which included a large-scale book project, I found myself intellectually and emotionally spent. Uninspired and unable to gain traction with another major research project during my post-tenure sabbatical, I felt I was wandering through a desert. I had heard rumors about the “post-tenure blues,” but I somehow imagined myself immune.

Type
Pedagogical Roundtable
Copyright
Copyright © College Theology Society 2019 

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References

26 The following texts, mentioned previously, have been particularly useful for me: Daniel P. Barbezat and Mirabai Bush, Contemplative Practices in Higher Education; and Judith Simmer-Brown and Fran Grace, eds., Meditation and the Classroom: Contemplative Pedagogy for Religious Studies.

27 OSA, Martin Laird, Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006)Google Scholar.