Religious Education in a Post-Secular Age
Case Studies from Europe
Published on 28. September 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVII, 253 pages
978-3-030-47505-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book analyzes the changes and shifts in religious education in Europe over the past 50 years. In a post-secular age, it has become increasingly difficult to make sharp distinctions between what is religious and non-religious, confessional and non-confessional. Reforms in religious education in Sweden in the 1960s appeared as part of a process of wider secular liberalization, giving more credence to the idea of absolute neutrality in religious education. However drastic shifts in society, culture and the European religious landscape raise the need for a reevaluation of the foundations of religious education. Drawing on a range of case studies from across Europe, this book will appeal to students and scholars of religious education as well as post-secular education more generally.
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Edition
2021 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
2 s/w Abbildungen
XVII, 253 p. 2 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
356 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-030-47505-5 (9783030475055)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-47503-1
Schweitzer Classification
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Book
09/2020
Palgrave Macmillan
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Persons
Olof Franck
is Professor at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Peder Thalén is Professor at the University of Gävle, Sweden.
Peder Thalén is Professor at the University of Gävle, Sweden.
Content
Chapter 1. Introduction: Religious Education and the Notion of the Post-Secular; Olof Franck and Peder Thalén.- Chapter 2. Religious Education, Postsecularity and Neoliberalism; Nigel Fancourt.- Chapter 3. Dealing with Religion in Education in Post-Religious and Post-Secular Times; Geir Skeie.- Chapter 4. Curriculum Constructions in Northern and Western Europe - A Three-Country Analysis; Kerstin von Brömssen and Graeme Nixon.- Chapter 5. What about Transformative Religious Education?; Gunnar j. Gunnarsson.- Chapter 6. Transition in RE in Finland; Martin Ubani, Saila Poulter and Inkeri Rissanen.- Chapter 7. Uncertainty and Mortality: Two Stubborn Particulars of Religious Education; Julian Stern.- Chapter 8. Changing the Game in English Religious Education: 1971 and 2018; Denise Cush.- Chapter 9. World View Instead of Religion?; Peder Thalén.- Chapter 10. A Study-of-Religion(s) Based RE: A Must for All Times, - Post-Modern, PostSecular or Not!; Tim Jensen.- Chapter 11. Autonomy and Shared Citizenship: a 'Neutral' Justification for RE?; Leni Franken.- Chapter 12. Facing Religious Ethical Claims in Post-Secular Ethics Education: Challenges and Contributions; Olof Franck.