Read more
Zusatztext A thorough and convincing argument that phenomenological hermeneutics can be fruitfully employed to unlock fundamental and intractable questions within religious education and education more broadly. Lucid and engaging, the text is both thoroughly readable and meticulously researched. Aldridge draws upon a range of sources, particularly Gadamer and Heidegger, to show that philosophical hermeneutics provides a comprehensive reflection on the nature of understanding itself, thereby furnishing us with a novel approach to understanding the peculiarly complex world of religious education. Aldridge demonstrates why religious educators need to address their subject through the lens of understanding as such. The implications, however, go well beyond curriculum issues within religious education, cutting across debates within education and religion more generally. This is an excellent book that contributes many fresh insights to a vital and timely debate. Informationen zum Autor David Aldridge is Professor of Teacher Education at Edge Hill University, UK. Vorwort A critical exploration of philosophical hermeneutics to offer a timely account of what it is to understand and engage with a religion in the classroom. Zusammenfassung 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 prevalence 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: Hermeneutics, Education and Religion 1. Religious Education - Museum or Temple?2. What is a 'philosophical hermeneutics'?3. Dialogue, Tradition and Truth4. Hermeneutics and Education5. Hermeneutics and Religion Part II: Hermeneutics and Religious Education 6. Aims and Subject Matter of Religious Education7. Critical Religious Education: A Hermeneutic InterventionAfterwordReferencesIndex...
