“Because that's who I am”: Extending Theories of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy to Consider Religious Identity, Belief, and Practice

In this conceptual article the author explores the intersection of culturally responsive pedagogy and religious school contexts. He extends theories of culturally responsive pedagogy to consider how religion, a dimension of student culture that has largely been overlooked in the literature surrounding culturally responsive pedagogy, can inflect cultural competence as a key component of culturally responsive pedagogy.