'This important and sophisticated book provides a major theoretical platform on which religious education might be built in the future ... Powerful and original [it]weaves together numerous intellectual strands into a satisfying and coherent text.' - Journal of Education and Christian Belief
This book, the first to explore religious education and post-modernity in depth, sets out to provide a much needed examination of the problems and possibilities post-modernity raises for religious education.At once a general introduction to this topic and a distinctive contribution to the debate in its own right, Religion, Education and Post-modernity explores and illuminates the problems, and possibilities opened up for religious education by postmodern thought and culture. The book describes the emergence of post-modernity, considers the impact of post-modernity on religion, addresses its impact on the philosophy of religion and considers the nature of religious education in the post-modern world.Andrew Wright argues that, although post-modernity has much to offer the religious educator, there are also many pitfalls and dangers to be avoided. Steering clear of the extreme of post-modern hyper-realism, he constructs a religious pedagogy sensitive to post-modern concerns for alterity, difference and the voice of the Other, whilst insisting on the importance of reasons in cultivating religious literacy.
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The book explores and illuminates the problems of and possibilities opened up for RE by postmodern thought and culture.
Chapter 1 The enigma of post-modernity; Part 1 Philosophy; Chapter 2 The legacy of modernity; Chapter 3 Post-modern foundations; Chapter 4 Alterity and anti-realism; Chapter 5 The promise of critical realism; Part 2 Theology; Chapter 6 Deconstructing modern theology; Chapter 7 Radical a/theology; Chapter 8 The mystery of the world; Chapter 9 Religious orthodoxy revisited; Part 3 Education; Chapter 10 Modern pedagogy; Chapter 11 Post/pedagogy; Chapter 12 Border pedagogy; Chapter 13 Critical pedagogy; Part 4 Religious education; Chapter 14 Modern religious education; Chapter 15 Deconstructing religious education; Chapter 16 Transcendence and transformation; Chapter 17 Critical religious education;
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780415298704
Publisert
2003-10-23
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
521 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
264
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