Redefining religious education : spirituality for human flourishing

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    • Gill, Scherto
    • Thomson, Garrett

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Redefining religious education : spirituality for human flourishing

edited by Scherto Gill and Garrett Thomson

Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This book is a unique collection of interdisciplinary articles that argue for religious education to be directed primarily towards the spiritual insofar as it is part of a flourishing human life. The articles address this issue from the perspectives of theory, different religious traditions and innovative teaching and learning practices.

Table of Contents

  • PART I: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 1. Is Religious Education Possible?
  • Richard Pring 2. The Idea of Religious Experience
  • Garrett Thomson 3. Educating Persons: The Role of Religious Education
  • Marius Felderhof 4. Education, Religion and Spirituality How Do They Fit?
  • Sharif Horthy 5. Education and Religion: Issues, Visions, and Best Practice
  • Katherine Marshall PART II: SPIRITUAL EDUCATION IN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS 6. Religion, Spirituality and Education for Human Flourishing: a Brahma Kumaris perspective
  • Maureen Goodman 7. Spiritual and Humanistic Education: Perspectives from Seon (Zen) practices
  • Jinwol Y. H. Lee 8. Religion, Spirituality and Education for Human Flourishing: Perspectives from the Sikh Dharam
  • Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh 9. The Creative Life: A Buddhist Perspective on Human Flourishing
  • Jamie Cresswell 10. Collaborative Study for Individual and Social Transformation: a Baha'i perspective
  • Ming Hwee Chong PART III: PEDAGOGICAL CASE STUDIES Introduction 11. An Exploration of Education About rReligions and Today's Spirituality: Is there a turning point in New Zealand education?
  • Jocelyn Armstrong 12. Grit in the Shoe or Pearl in the Oyster? A critique of the concept of 'spiritual development' for post-16 learners in English state education
  • John Breadon 13. Performative Religious Education: Re-vitalizing the forgotten experiential dimension of religion in West-European schools?
  • Bert Roebben 14. Pathways to the Spirit, the Search for Purpose, and Thriving in Life
  • David Streight 15. Keeping the Baby in While Throwing the Bathwater Out: the challenges of keeping spirituality in the new Quebec K-12 curriculum on Ethics and Religious Culture while de-confessionalising it
  • Patrice Brodeur 16. Learning to Live Together
  • Agneta Ucko Conclusion. Religion, Spirituality and Human Flourishing

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