Rethinking Religious Education and Plurality by Robert Jackson

Rethinking Religious Education and Plurality by Robert Jackson

This book offers a critical view of approaches to the treatment of different religions in contemporary education, in order to devise approaches to teaching, and learning and to formulate policies and procedures that are fair and just to all.

'This powerful book clearly fulfils the promise of its titleIt offers a highly interesting, succinct and well-written analysis of the question how religious education should respond to the challenges of social, cultural, and religious plurality in the UK but also, to some degree, in other countries. ' - Professor Friedrich Schweitzer, University of Tübingen, Germany

'The book is an excellent review of Religious Education in Britian and should be read by RE teachers and those involved in RE policy. It is accessible and concise and is priced very reasonable price given its scope . It should be a core text for students in initial teacher training.' - R. A. Bowie, Senior Lecturer in Religious Education, Canterbury Christ Church University College, UK

'This is a rich and readable book which sustains a debate about complex and politically sensitive issues. It will provide students and teachers with a clear and critical overview of the contributions and constraints of diverse pedagogies to Religious Education and stimulate discussion about social pluralism.' - Lynne Broadbent, British Journal of Educational Studies

'This is an innovative and inspirational contribution which gets to the heart of the issues and focuses on the most important question, 'how shall we respond to plurality?'...I can only commend this book as one of the most important discussions of religious education of recent times.' - Journal of Education and Christian Belief

Robert Jackson is Professor at the University of Warwick's Institute of Education.

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ISBN 13	9780415302722
ISBN 10	0415302722
Title	Rethinking Religious Education and Plurality
Author	Robert Jackson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2004-04-01
Number of pages	232
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