I ask a lot of deliberately provocative questions to my students, but "Is capitalism is a religion?" is the one that most consistently raises their hackles.
I can understand why, as practitioners of many religions are reluctant to think of definitions of "religion." For so many in our country, religion is an "arational" or non-rational topic for them. If you experiment with other ways of asking the question -- using other words, say -- and that works to elicit discussion, please make a post about it to share.
I ask a lot of deliberately provocative questions to my students, but "Is capitalism is a religion?" is the one that most consistently raises their hackles.
I can understand why, as practitioners of many religions are reluctant to think of definitions of "religion." For so many in our country, religion is an "arational" or non-rational topic for them. If you experiment with other ways of asking the question -- using other words, say -- and that works to elicit discussion, please make a post about it to share.
Oh, that one elicits a discussion, all right. The problem I have with today's students is that they're so polite it's hard to get a rise out of them.
When I was at the community college 15 years ago, it was a different topic / different story. Evolution is a non-issue at UNCG.
https://randallhayes.substack.com/p/randall-and-crow-do-not-save-richmond