Religious Education as a Dialogue with Difference

Fostering Democratic Citizenship Through the Study of Religions in Schools

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

Av Kevin O'Grady, UK) O'Grady, Kevin (Independent educational consultant and researcher

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Religious Education as a Dialogue with Difference addresses current issues over the study of religion in publicly maintained schools. Are liberal, inclusive approaches to the study of religion suited to the aims of education in a democracy? Do liberal democratic aims offer the right framework for the study of religion? By presenting research on English secondary school pupils' motivation in religious education, this volume argues that religious education is best understood as a democratic dialogue with difference. The book offers empirical evidence for this claim, and it demonstrates how learners gain in religious literacy, both through the exercise of democratic citizenship in the classroom and towards the goal of life-long democratic citizenship.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-02-01
Mått152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt299 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Research in Religion and Education
Antal sidor202
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780367755829

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Introduction 1. Motivation in RE: beginnings 2. RE, adolescence and creativity 3. Action research, ethnography, epistemology and ethics 4. RE as a dialogue with difference 5. Democratic citizenship or religious literacy? Aims and values for RE 6. Dialogue and conflict in RE 7. Democratic citizenship and RE revisited 8. Does RE Work? 9. Review, recommendations, questions for the future and final remarks

"With a thirty-three year career in education, Kevin O’Grady’s book offers an illuminating example of how research engagementprovides the catalyst for thoughtful and insightful reflections on religious education, current schooling and contemporary research, written ‘as a contribution to debates over how religion should be studied in schools’. […] The book will be of interest to anyone interested in current debates about the place of religious education in society, especially in how these debates play out in classrooms, and in how religious education teachers can also be involved in, comment on and contribute to research."Nigel Fancourt, Journal of Beliefs and Values."O’Grady has a convincing argument for RE as a dialogue with difference [. . .] which I would recommend for academics, teacher-trainers, educational experts and stakeholders not only in the UK but in other parts of Europe and in the rest of the world."Leni Franken (2019), Religious education as a dialogues with difference: Fostering democratic citizenship through the study of religions in schools, British Journal of Religious Education.