Digital Stories as a Creative Assignment for Studying World Religions

The incorporation of creative assignments in the form digital stories and artistic undergraduate graduate World Religions courses has resulted positive feedback from students, these were considered favorite semester. They have given many which identify as “spiritual but not religious”, or “non-practicing”, an opportunity to connect themes various world religions their own life stories, implicitly explicitly. purpose this article is encourage educators both a secondary college/university/seminary setting consider assignment that deepens understanding within context course, other religion religious education courses. This will present institutional support provided by Mercy College (Dobbs Ferry, New York) for class are assigned. It be followed process making story, directions different platforms students can choose make examples created students. paper conclude with summary comments made about connections additional articles on benefits increase empathy replace dominant cause oppression injustice, like racism white supremacy, offer resistance counter status quo injustice.