Wright Religion, Education and Post-Modernity

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-1-134-42641-6
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wright, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction Part 1. Philosophy 2. The Legacy of Modernity 3. Post-Modern Foundations 4. Alterity and Anti-Realism 5. The Promise of Critical Realism Part 2. Theology 6. Deconstructing Modern Theology 7. Radical A/Theology 8. The Mystery of the World 9. Religious Orthodoxy Revisited Part 3. Education 10. Modern Pedagogy 11. Post/ Pedagogy 12. Border Pedagogy 13. Critical Pedagogy Part 4. Religious Education 14.Modern Religious Education 15. Deconstructing Religious Education 16. Transcendence and Transformation 17. Critical Religious Education.

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Wright is Director of the Centre for Theology, Religion and Culture at King's College London