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Was explaining to students the other day how Judeo-Christian is a term that's been mostly coopted by the Christian right to exclude Islam, often w/o caring what Jews think or do. Was looking for a short read on this, and this has come very much in handy: https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/distinctly-catholic/mark-silk-history-term-judeo-christian
We have a lot of these sorts of discussions in the opening portion to class, where I just ask folks about their general impressions of the reading; one person mentioned Judeo-Christian lore. We likewise tackled "Middle East" vs. "West Asia" vs. "Near East/Orient" the other day.
And for all the folks who are oh-so-fearful that I impose my peculiar terminologies on my students: I told them explicitly that they can use Judeo-Christian if they want, but they should know its history and that its use might not be as casual as it appears.
Hey remember when I said I use BC/AD and tell my students that BCE/CE is still the Christian calendar but dressed up in a costume and folks got hella mad that I was brainwashing people? I literally don't do that. I teach them. I'm a teacher, they're free to do whatever.
FWIW It also speaks volumes that in my classes, on Arabic literature and Islamic cultures/history, students are often having hard conversations about Judaism and Christianity for the first time, too.
