Rev. Dr. Paul Fitzgerald, S.J. 11.mp4
Channel: AmScholarsReligion
Date: 2011-11-17

What can you say about the complexities of teaching religion to undergraduates?

Jesuit Paul Fitzgerald speaks about the challenges of teaching religion in a diverse classroom. While many students of other faiths often enrich the conversation and read in ways cradle Catholics have not, it is also a challenge to not offend any of the students own beliefs.

Rev. Dr. Paul J. Fitzgerald, S.J.
Fr.  Fitzgerald, S.J. is the Senior Vice President For Academic Affairs at Fairfield University.  He formerly taught theology at Santa Clara University and has written on a variety of theological topics.  He received doctorates from La Sorbonne and Institut Catholique de Paris and specializes in Sociology of Religion and Practical Theology.

Alfred Benney - Interviewer and Producer of the American Scholars of Religion Video Collection at Fairfield University