Religious Education: Educating for Diversity (Key Debates in Educational Policy) - Softcover

Barnes, L. Philip; Davis, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472571061 ISBN 13: 9781472571069

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015

Synopsis

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.

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About the Authors

L. Philip Barnes is Emeritus Reader in Religious and Theological Education at King's College London, UK.

Andrew N. Davis is a partner and chair of the Environmental Practice Group at Shipman & Goodwin LLP. He counsels clients in transactional, permitting, compliance, and enforcement matters under health and safety, hazardous waste, air and water pollution, site development, and property transfer laws. With his advanced degrees in marine science, he has developed an international reputation in the area of oil and chemical spills and the assessment and restoration of natural resource damages, representing some of the world's largest shipping companies.

J. Mark Halstead is Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Huddersfield, UK. He is the author of a number of books and co-author of Values in Sex Education (2003) and Citizenship and Moral Education (2006).

Christopher Winch is Professor of Educational Philosophy and Policy at King's College London, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472571061
• ISBN 13: 9781472571069
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160
• Editor: Halstead J. Mark