Debates in Religious Education

Herausgeber: Barnes, L Philip

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Exploring the rich variety of ideas that constitute and impact upon religious education, both novice and experienced teachers will benefit from deepening their theoretical knowledge and understanding through reading this book. This second edition has fully updated all chapters and included an additional thirteen new contributions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9781032523620
• ISBN-10: 103252362X
• Artikelnr.: 69943062

Autorenporträt

L. Philip Barnes is Emeritus Reader in Religious and Theological Education at King's College London and Visiting Scholar in the Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University Belfast.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Entering the Debate
Section 1: History, policy and purposse
1. Aims of religious education
2. Religious Education in the United Kingdom and Ireland
3. Agreed Syllabuses and the role of Standing Advisory Councils on religious education
Section 2: Educational Issues and Religious Education
4. Compulsion, conscience and the right of withdrawal
5. Religious education and collective worship: a reconnection?
6. Faith schools
7. Religious education and education for democracy
8. Spiritual and moral development
9. Can and should religious education promote 'warmer' community relations?
10. Empirical research
11. Developments in European religious education - between marginalisation and a sustainable perspective
Section 3: Issues in teaching and learning in religious education
12. Constructing Religion
13. Religious literacy and/or religious education?
14. Multi-faith religious education: A theoretical and practical conundrum
15. Argumentation and religious education
16. Relating science and religion
17. Relationships and Sex Education