It's not a colorless classroom: Teaching religion online to black college students using transformative, postmodern pedagogy

Teaching Theology and Religion

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-50

  Arroyo, Andrew T ^a  

^a NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 73649131297     PISSN: 13684868     EISSN: 14679647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9647.2009.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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