John Edwards, Peter R. Hobson

Religious Education in a Pluralist Society (eBook, ePUB)

The Key Philosophical Issues

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Religious education in liberal pluralist societies such as the UK, the USA, and Australian underwent radical change in the 1980s and 1990s, with a major shift towards multi-faith, educationally oriented programmes. This has meant significant modifications to both the content and the methodology of religious-education courses and to the way they are conceived of and taught in schools and universities.
One important implication of this change for the teaching and study of religion today is the need for a philosophical dimension that deals with issues such as the truth status of religious statements and the moral acceptability of religious claims. This dimension is often insufficiently developed; this lack is made more critical by the multiple competing truth claims of various religions, giving rise to such contentious problems as the growth of fundamentalism, increasing religious intolerance and conflict, and differences of opinion on central moral problems such as birth control, abortion and euthanasia. This text attempts to provide the philosophical underpinning that the study and teaching of religion in modern societies requires.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317958079
• Artikelnr.: 57124791

Autorenporträt

John Edwards, Peter R. Hobson

Inhaltsangabe

Theology- " In advocating an intelligent, philiosophical understanding of
religious education, this book offers valuable insights applicable to the
reality of today"s RE classrooms." Comparative Education, Vol 36, No 1,
2000 "This robustly thoughtful book tackles without flinching the main
philosophical issues which confront religious education in Great Britain,
the USA and Australia today. It is not an easy read. Bur the extent of the
authors" background knowledge, their liberality of mind and the clarity of
their exposition make the effort worthwhile." Resource, Vol 23, No 3,
Summer 2000 "Religious Education in a Pluralist Society is quite simply the
most important book on religious education to have been published in recent
years. With remarkable precision, Hobson and Edwards tread a path beyond
the conservative-progressive impasse that is so much a feature of current
debate. ... The end product is a philosophical justification of
contemporary religious education that stands head and shoulders above its
rivals. ... A persuasive and stimulating vision of the future of religious
education." The Journal of Educational Thought - " This is a well written,
well thought-out book about teaching religion in public schools...there is
much benefit to be gained in perusing its pages, if only to become
convinced that the avoidance of teaching religious education in schools
severly short-changes students. These authors do a commendable job of
arguing the case for a pedagogically-sound inclusion of religious education
in today"s schools." Journal of Beliefs and Values "This is a good guide to
the philosophical debate about religious education in the schools and
offers a carefully articulated and clearly reasoned position.