Religion and Education in Conversation
Religion and Education in Conversation
Description
This book showcases conversations between the disciplines of theology/religious studies and education studies. Written by leading academics in each discipline, each chapter covers a key theme from the perspective of religious studies, including Buddhism, Islam, secularisation, queer theology and social justice, and is followed by a response from an education studies perspective. In staging these conversations, the book exemplifies a methodological approach where religious studies and education studies can 'meet' one another as disciplines in conversation, without at the same time 'merging'. The idea of meeting without merging is central to the book and becomes a core recommendation for how religion and education can operate in various spheres from schooling and pedagogy to research and policy. Written for researchers in both fields the book shows the generative potential of interdisciplinary scholarship.
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Table of Contents
Part I: Tradition, Secularism, Modernity
1. Contemporary Buddhism, Francis Farrell (Edge Hill University, UK)
1.1: A Response From Education Studies, Wendy Dossett (University of Chester, UK)
2. Bible in Contemporary Society, Paul Smalley (Edge Hill University, UK)
2.1: A Response From Education Studies, Deryn Guest (University of Birmingham, UK)
3. Contemporary Islam, Shereen Shaw (Edge Hill University, UK)
3.1 A Response From Education Studies, Amamullah DeSondy (University College Cork, Ireland)
4. Culture is our Religion: The Marketisation of Faith in Digital Religion, Maggie Webster (Edge Hill University, UK)
4.1 A Response From Education Studies, Katie Edwards (University of Chester, UK)
5. Secularisation, David Aldridge (Edge Hill University, UK)
5.1 A Response From Education Studies, Paul Smalley (Edge Hill University, UK)
6. Christian Existentialism and the Modern World, David Locke (Edge Hill University, UK)
6.1 A Response From Education Studies, Shereen Shaw (Edge Hill University, UK)
Part II: Pluralism and Difference
7. What's Next For Queer Theology? Speculations on the Future of the Field, Seán Henry (Edge Hill University, UK)
7.1 A Response From Education Studies, Chris Greenough (Edge Hill University, UK)
8. Social Justice, Glenn Millington (Edge Hill University, UK)
8.1 A Response From Education Studies, Francis Farrell (Edge Hill University, UK)
9. Divergent Worldviews, Heather Marshall (Edge Hill University, UK)
9.1 A Response From Education Studies, Bob Bowie (Canterbury Christchurch University, UK)
Conclusion
References
Index
Product details
| Published | 10 Dec 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 9781350519114 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 10 bw illus |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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