264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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;
Biography
Andrew Wright is Director of the Centre for Theology, Religion and Culture at King's College London
'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
