Is Religious Education Possible? - A Philosophical Investigation

Informationen zum Autor Michael Hand is Professor of Philosophy of Education at the University of Birmingham, UK. He edits IMPACT, a pamphlet series offering philosophical perspectives on current education policy. He sits on the Executive Committee of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB) and the Editorial Boards of Journal of Philosophy of Education, Theory and Research in Education and Journal of Philosophy in Schools. Zusammenfassung Tackles a well-established problem in the philosophy of education. The problem is the threat posed to the logical possibility of non-confessional religious education by the claim that religion constitutes an autonomous language-game or form of knowledge. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Richard Pring1. A philosophical problem2. Understanding a form of knowledge3. Is there a religious form of knowledge?4. The meaning of religious propositions5. mental and material propositions6. ConclusionBibliography

Product details

• Authors: Michael Hand
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.10.2006
• EAN: 9780826491503
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-9150-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Continuum Studies in Education; Continuum Studies in Education; Continuum Studies in Research in Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; RELIGION / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Religion & beliefs, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Teaching of a specific subject, Religion and beliefs, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General