Synopses & Reviews
What does it mean to understand a religion?
How should the concept of truth be addressed in the contemporary classroom?
What is the proper subject matter of religious education and how does it relate to other subjects and the school curriculum as a whole?
Despite the predominance of literature on these subjects, these issues are far from resolved and consequently the place and nature of religious education in our schools is precarious and confused. A Hermeneutics of Religious Education argues that although the tradition of philosophical hermeneutics has transformed both educational thought and the academic discipline of religious studies, the literature of religious education pedagogy has paid only limited attention to these developments. To engage with them fully entails a transformation of our understanding of religious education and its importance in a curriculum of the twenty-first century.
About the Author
David Aldridge is Senior Lecturer in Education at Oxford Brookes University, UK, where he lectures in religious education and the philosophy of education.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: Hermeneutics, Religion and Education1. Beginnings and Invocations
2. The Logical Priority of the Question
3. Tradition and Truth
4. Hermeneutics and Religion
5. Hermeneutics and Education
Part II: A Hermeneutics of Religious Education6. Engagements with Hermeneutics in Religious Education
7. Critical Religious Education: A Hermeneutic Intervention
8. The Subject Matter of Religious Education
9. Religion and the Curriculum
References
Index