1st Edition
Religion and Worldviews The Triumph of the Secular in Religious Education
Introduction: From religions to worldviews
L. Philip Barnes
1. The Religious Education Commission 2016-18: A view from the inside
Anthony Towey
2. A New Settlement? A defence of the 1944 Act
Marius Felderhof
3. Who are the professionals in religious education? The Commission on Religious Education’s side-lining of the religious voice
Penny Thompson
4. Does the worldviews approach provide a new paradigm for religious education?
L. Philip Barnes
5. The world is not enough: Religious education beyond worldview perspectivism
Gert Biesta and Patricia Hannam
6. The philosophy of ‘worldviews’
Roger Trigg
7. ‘Religion’, ‘worldviews’ and the reappearing problems of pedagogy
Daniel Moulin-Stożek
8. Worldviews – a threat to religious education but ignored in science education?
Michael J. Reiss
9. Turning to worldviews education instead of religion - helpful solution or even more problems? A perspective from Germany
Friedrich Schweitzer
Biography
L. Philip Barnes is Emeritus Reader in Religious and Theological Education, King’s College London. He is the author of Education, Religion and Diversity: Developing a New Model of Religious Education (2014) and of Crisis, Controversy and the Future of Religious Education (2020), both published by Routledge.
