Understanding Your Students' Religions
Publication title:
Understanding Your Students' Religions
Co-author:
Michael Nichols
Publisher:
Routledge
Publishing Date:
June 15, 2025
About the Book (from the publisher): In Understanding Your Students’ Religions, Michael Nichols, assistant teaching professor in the Cornerstone Integrated Liberal Arts program, along with his co-authors provide a guide for educators to understand the wide range of religious practices that shape students’ school and home lives. Each chapter covers origins, beliefs, practices, and common misunderstandings and stereotypes, as well as key holidays, religious dress, and dietary restrictions that can be accommodated in school.
About the co-author: Michael Nichols earned his Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Northwestern University in 2010. He previously taught at Saint Joseph’s College in Religious Studies, Philosophy, and the Core Curriculum, an integrated liberal arts program. In 2017, he received Saint Joseph's College’s Teaching Excellence Award.
His research interests include the interconnection of mythic narratives in Buddhism and Hinduism and the reimagination of mythic figures, ideas, and stories in popular culture. He has published numerous journal articles and is the author of two books: Religion and Myth in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (McFarland Books, 2021) and Malleable Mara: Transformations of a Buddhist Symbol of Evil (State University of New York Press, 2019).