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""Religion, Education and Society"" celebrates the career of Professor John Hull the internationally renowned religious educationist who has also achieved worldwide fame for his brilliant writings on his experience, mid-career, of total blindness. In his outstanding career John Hull has been a leading figure in the transformation of religious education in English and Welsh state schools, and was the co-founder of the International Seminar on Religious Education and values. He has also made major contributions to the theology of disability and the theological critique of the 'money culture'. Leading international scholars join together to honour John Hull's contribution, with a focus on furthering scholarship in the areas where he has been active as a thinker. This volume offers a critical appreciation of his contribution to religious education and practical theology, and goes on to explore the continuing debate about the role of religious education in promoting international understanding, intercultural education and human rights education. The contributors also deal with issues relating to indoctrination, racism and relationship in Christian religious aspects, and examines aspects of the theology of social exclusion and disability. This unique book includes a complete list of John Hull's writings up to the beginning of 2005 providing both an excellent introduction to contemporary issues of religious education in the West, and the most complete critical account yet of the work of one of the great creative influences on religious education.

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Author:   Dennis Bates ,  Gloria Durka (Fordham University, New York) ,  Friedrich Schweitzer (Tuebingen University)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   v. 9
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.566kg
ISBN:  

9780415365628

ISBN 10:   0415365627
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   08 December 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1. Religious Education, Pluralism and Global Community Introduction 1. Religious Education and International Understanding2. Intercultural Education and Religious Education: A changing relationship3. The Contribution of Philosophy of Religion to Religious Education4. The Teaching of Human Rights in Religious Education: The case of Genocide5. Open Minds, Ongoing Heritage, Open Future: The educational theology of John HullPart 2. Current Issues in Christian Education and Practical Theology Introduction 6. Christian Education and the Charge of Indoctrination: A German perspective7. Telling a New Story: Reconfiguring Christian education for the challenges of the twenty-first century8. The Concept of Relationship and its Centrality to Religious Education9. Perceiving Self Deception in Teaching and Learning10. From Conflict to Community11. Does the Church Need the Bible? Reflections on the experiences of disabled people Part 3. Religious Education: Theory and Practice Introduction 12. Children as Theologians: Developmental psychology and inter-religious education13. Strangeness in Inter-religious Classroom Communication: Research on the ‘Gift to the Child’ material14. Playful Orthodoxy: Religious education’s solution to pluralism15. The Role of Dialogue in Religious Education: A Russian perspective16. Is there a Place for Youth in Religious Education?17. Religious Education and the Life-World of Young People: Psychological perspectives

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'For the quality of many of its individual essays...no less for the excellent editorial contributions by Dennis Bates, this book deserves the widest possible readership.' - British Journal of Religious Education

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Fordham University, New York Tuebingen University

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