1st Edition
Does Religious Education Have a Future? Pedagogical and Policy Prospects
Introduction: The politics and discourse of RE Section 1. Representations of religion and education: critical enquiries 1. The global context of religion and belief 2. The conflicted context of education Section 2. Diagnosing RE's pedagogy, provenance and politics 3. The heart of the enterprise: a pedagogical problem 4. Phenomenology and anthropology: the advocacy of religion as an approach to RE 5. Discourse and dissonance in contemporary paradigms of RE 6. The politics of English RE: a portrait of disfunctionality Section 3. The case for a radical transformation of RE 7. The doors of pedagogical perception: pedagogy as existential stance 8. Towards an educational economy of religions 9. Between education and catastrophe: The futures of RE
Biography
Mark Chater is Director of Culham St Gabriel's, a trust supporting research, development and innovation in religious education. He was senior adviser with responsibility for RE at the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, and before that, a teacher and trainer of RE.
Clive Erricker is a consultant and researcher in the fields of education and religion. Prior to this, he was County Inspector for Religious Education, History and Community Cohesion in Hampshire, and was previously Head of the School of Religion and Theology and Reader in Religion and Education at the University of Chichester, UK.
