Religion and Education: Framing and Mapping a Field

Stephen G. Parker, Ph.D. (2003), University of Birmingham, is Professor of the History of Religion and Education at the University of Worcester, UK. He has published widely in the field of religion and education in historical perspective, including works on the history of the Religious Education curriculum in England, the Church of England and education policy, and the history of religious education on radio and television.Jenny Berglund, Ph.D. (2009), Uppsala University, is Professor of Religious Education at Stockholm University. Her particular area of interest concerns different forms of Islamic education in Europe. She has participated in and also led several comparative projects concerning different forms of religious education. She has published widely both in English and Swedish.David Lewin, Ph.D. (2006), University of Kent, is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Education at the University of Strathclyde, UK. He has published monographs, edited books, and numerous articles on the intersections between the philosophy of religion and the philosophy of education.Deirdre Raftery, Ph.D. (1995), Trinity College Dublin. She is Professor of the History of Education at University College Dublin, and an elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. A Fulbright Scholar (2015), she has published twelve books, and is an expert on convent schooling and the history of nuns and education.

• Religion and Education: Framing and Mapping a FieldStephen G. Parker, Jenny Berglund, David Lewin and Deirdre RafteryAbstractKeywordsIntroduction: Religion and Education: an OverviewStephen G. Parker1 Religion and Education: Beyond Curricula and Schooling, Multi-contextual, International and Interdisciplinary PerspectivesReligion and Education: Framing and Mapping the FieldStephen G. Parker1 Religion and Education in the Public Sphere2 The History of Religion and Education as a Field of Inquiry3 Types of Religious Education4 Religious Education as Nurture into the Religious Way of Life5 Religious Education as Practical Theology6 Religious Education as Nation Building7 Religious Education as Religious Literacy8 Religious Education as Intercultural/Interreligious Education9 Religious Education as Preparation for the Academic Study of Religion10 Religious Education as an IdeaThemes and Approaches in Research on Religion in the History of Education: Missionaries, Monasteries, MethodologiesDeirdre Raftery1 Introduction2 God’s Empire: the Mission Imperative in the History of Education3 Monastic and Conventual Education: New Approaches in Historical Scholarship4 ConclusionReligion and Education: Mapping the Field (a Philosophical Approach)David Lewin1 Introduction2 What Does It Mean to Ask about the Relations of Religion and Education in a Philosophical Way?3 General Conceptual Issues4 What Is Religion?5 What Is Education?6 Religion and Education: the Question of Autonomy7 ConclusionSociological Perspectives on Religion and EducationJenny Berglund1 Historical and Definitional Overview: Sociology Defined2 What Does It Mean to Adopt a Sociological Perspective?3 Sociology of Religion4 Sociology of Education5 The Study of Religious Education, Religious Diversity, and Teacher Education6 Quantitative vs Qualitative Research Methods7 The Quantitative Approach8 The Qualitative Approach9 Quantitative Studies10 Qualitative Studies11 National Comparisons and International Knowledge Transmission12 ConclusionConclusion: the Potential of Further Research in Religion and EducationStephen G. Parker1 Historicizing, Contextualising and Conceptualising Religion and Education and Religious Education2 The Sensory, Spatial and Material Aspects of Religion and Education3 Mission and Empire4 Children’s Rights and Agency in Religion and Education5 Religious Education and Developments in Theology and Religious Studies6 Conclusion: Achieving Cross/Inter-disciplinary PerspectivesBibliographyList of English Language Journals in R & E and Their Websites