Mitchell / Pollard Hovering over the face of the deep

Philosophy, theology and children
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-3-8309-7157-3
Verlag: Waxmann Verlag GmbH
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 222 Seiten

'Why does everyone need to die?', 'Does my hamster have a soul?' Theologians and philosophers have always wrestled with such questions. The articles gathered in this book - which represent recent educational approaches to philosophizing and theologizing with children - are very diverse in approach and emphasis. Nevertheless all underline the importance of supporting children and young people in their efforts to discuss questions of meaning. Quotations in the articles capture with vividness and immediacy their intense engagement with the puzzles of existence. Educators may learn better to support such processes, and by the same token be enriched by the interaction. Such processes resemble the phenomenon of the Black Sun where starlings get together from different directions in large flocks in order to survive the night. Both, as indicated in the title of this book are hovering over the face of the deep. This book offers a meeting place for theologians and philosophers, and although the conversation does a great deal to clarify their relationship, differences in opinion remain. Its contributors are from Denmark, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mitchell, Gordon

Pollard, Gaynor

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Buchtitel;1
1.1;Contents;4
1.2;Foreword;6
2;Introduction;7
2.1;Starlings and Theologians;9
2.2;Philosophy with Children in Religious Education – A Brief History;11
3;Children’s Concepts of Contingency as a Subject of Philosophizing;22
4;‘God cannot always forgive. ’Reading Mt 18:21-35 with Children;34
5;‘My god and other people’s gods.’ Children’s Theology in a Context of Plurality;50
6;Biblical Texts and Theologizing with Children: (How) Do they Go Together?;68
7;‘I didn’t know that God can speak …’. Theological Conversations with Children. Chances and Challenges for Teacher Training;82
8;Children’s Philosophy and Children’s Theology – A Family Resemblance;93
9;Religious Education as an Intellectual and Cultural Enterprise: Some Questions about ‘Theologising with Children’;113
10;‘The story wants to make us think…’ – Opportunities for Theologising and Philosophising with Children;125
11;Transcending the Factual in Biology by Philosophizing with Children;143
12;The Integrity of Students’ Theological Discourse: Critical Realism and the Variation Theory of Learning;158
13;The Epistemological Framework for Theologizing with Children: Critical Realism or Social Constructivism? A Response to Andrew Wright;172
14;The Role of Tradition in Theologizing with Children;180
15;Theologizing with Children: A Parable Approach;192
16;Discovering Children’s ‘Christologies’: An Introduction to the Practical Experience of Children’s Theology;210
17;Authors’ Biographies (in alphabetical order):;220