Title Religious education : educating for diversity / L. Philip Barnes and Andrew Davis ; edited by J. Mark Halstead

Published London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Series Key debates in educational policy Key debates in educational policy. Contents Cover; Contents; Series Editor's Preface -- Key Debates in Educational Policy Christopher Winch; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgement; Introduction J. Mark Halstead; Part One Religious Education: Teaching for Diversity L. Philip Barnes; The argument; Setting the scene; The nature and challenge of diversity; Confessionalism and indoctrination; The liberal theological model and religious education; The unity of religions: A philosophical critique; Why the liberal theological model of religious education fails to promote respect for others; Towards the future Part Two A Pluralist Approach to Religious Education Andrew DavisIntroduction; Liberalism and respecting difference; Divine transcendence; Reference and transcendence; Claim One: Of and about; Claim Two: Causal links versus descriptive accuracy in referring; Knowing who God is; Language about transcendence is not literal; Comparison, metaphor and transcendence discourse; Comparing religious claims and holism; Pluralism and approaches to religious education; Note; Afterword J. Mark Halstead; Liberal values and religious education; Exclusivism, religious education, racism and 'religionism' Religious truth, pluralism and metaphorical languageTolerance, respect and religious education; Concluding remarks; Further Reading; Bibliography; Index Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 28, 2015) Subject Religious education -- Philosophy. Religious education -- Social aspects Education -- Religious aspects Education, Humanistic. Democracy and education. Educational: Religious studies. Education. RELIGION -- Comparative Religion. RELIGION -- Essays. RELIGION -- Reference. Democracy and education Education, Humanistic Education -- Religious aspects Religious education -- Philosophy Religious education -- Social aspects Religiöse Erziehung Religiöser Pluralismus Form Electronic book Author Davis, Andrew, 1948- author. Halstead, J. Mark, editor ISBN 9781472571083 1472571088 1474219845 9781474219846 9781472571076 147257107X 1472571061 9781472571069

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