Redefining Religious Education

Spirituality for Human Flourishing
2014. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-37814-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 146 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 4385 g

This book is a unique collection of interdisciplinary articles that argue for religious education to be directed primarily towards the spiritual insofar as it is part of a flourishing human life. The articles address this issue from the perspectives of theory, different religious traditions and innovative teaching and learning practices.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gill, S.

Thomson, G.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 1. Is Religious Education Possible?; Richard Pring 2. The Idea of Religious Experience; Garrett Thomson 3. Educating Persons: The Role of Religious Education; Marius Felderhof 4. Education, Religion and Spirituality How Do They Fit?; Sharif Horthy 5. Education and Religion: Issues, Visions, and Best Practice; Katherine Marshall PART II: SPIRITUAL EDUCATION IN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS 6. Religion, Spirituality and Education for Human Flourishing: a Brahma Kumaris perspective; Maureen Goodman 7. Spiritual and Humanistic Education: Perspectives from Seon (Zen) practices; Jinwol Y. H. Lee 8. Religion, Spirituality and Education for Human Flourishing: Perspectives from the Sikh Dharam; Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh 9. The Creative Life: A Buddhist Perspective on Human Flourishing; Jamie Cresswell 10. Collaborative Study for Individual and Social Transformation: a Baha'i perspective; Ming Hwee Chong PART III: PEDAGOGICAL CASE STUDIES Introduction 11. An Exploration of Education About rReligions and Today's Spirituality: Is there a turning point in New Zealand education?; Jocelyn Armstrong 12. Grit in the Shoe or Pearl in the Oyster? A critique of the concept of 'spiritual development' for post-16 learners in English state education; John Breadon 13. Performative Religious Education: Re-vitalizing the forgotten experiential dimension of religion in West-European schools?; Bert Roebben 14. Pathways to the Spirit, the Search for Purpose, and Thriving in Life; David Streight 15. Keeping the Baby in While Throwing the Bathwater Out: the challenges of keeping spirituality in the new Quebec K-12 curriculum on Ethics and Religious Culture while de-confessionalising it; Patrice Brodeur 16. Learning to Live Together; Agneta Ucko Conclusion. Religion, Spirituality and Human Flourishing

Über Autor(innen)

Richard Pring, University of Oxford, UK
Sharif Horthy, Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace, UK
Marius Felderhof, University of Birmingham, UK
Katherine Marshall, George Town University and World Faiths Development Dialogue, UK
Maureen Goodman, Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, USA
Jinwol Y. H. Lee, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea
Bhai Sahib Dr Mohinder Singh, Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha, UK
Jamie Cresswell, Centre for Applied Buddhism, UK
Ming Hwee Chong, United Nations, USA
Jocelyn Armstrong, USA
John Breadon, Eton College, UK
Bert Roebben, Institut für Katholische Theologie, Germany
David Streight, Centre for Spiritual and Ethical Education, UK
Professor Patrice Brodeur, University of Montreal, Canada
Agneta Ucko, Interfaith Council on Ethics Education for Children, Switzerland