Religious Education
Educating for Diversity
1st Edition
Published on 27. August 2015
176 pages
978-1-4725-7108-3 (ISBN)
Description
Religious Education: Educating for Diversity raises issues that are central to the theory and practice of education, and in particular religious education, in modern liberal democracies characterized by diversity in its different forms. What kind of religious education is best equipped both to challenge prejudice and intolerance in society and to develop responsible and respectful relationships between people from different communities or with different commitments?
Two eminent educators address this question and propose contrasting answers. Attention is given to the aims of education and the contribution of religious education to the curriculum; historical forms of religious education; the nature of diversity in society; the roots of prejudice; different methodologies in religious education and their philosophical and religious commitments; and to positive strategies to enable religious education to realise its potential and contribute to the social and moral aims of liberal education.
Two eminent educators address this question and propose contrasting answers. Attention is given to the aims of education and the contribution of religious education to the curriculum; historical forms of religious education; the nature of diversity in society; the roots of prejudice; different methodologies in religious education and their philosophical and religious commitments; and to positive strategies to enable religious education to realise its potential and contribute to the social and moral aims of liberal education.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-7108-3 (9781472571083)
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08/2015
Bloomsbury Academic
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Persons
L. Philip Barnes is Emeritus Reader in Religious and Theological Education at King's College London, UK.
Andrew Davis is Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Education, Durham University, UK. He is the author of a number of books, including Educational Assessment and Accountability (2008).
J. Mark Halstead is Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Huddersfield, UK. He is the author of a number of books and co-author of Values in Sex Education (2003) and Citizenship and Moral Education (2006).
Andrew Davis is Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Education, Durham University, UK. He is the author of a number of books, including Educational Assessment and Accountability (2008).
J. Mark Halstead is Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Huddersfield, UK. He is the author of a number of books and co-author of Values in Sex Education (2003) and Citizenship and Moral Education (2006).
Content
Notes on Contributors
Series Editor's Preface
Foreword, J. Mark Halstead
Part I - Religious Education: Taking Religious Difference Seriously, L. Philip Barnes
Part II - Religious Education: A Pluralist Approach, Andrew Davis
Afterword, J. Mark Halstead
Bibliography
Index
Series Editor's Preface
Foreword, J. Mark Halstead
Part I - Religious Education: Taking Religious Difference Seriously, L. Philip Barnes
Part II - Religious Education: A Pluralist Approach, Andrew Davis
Afterword, J. Mark Halstead
Bibliography
Index
