Schooling Indifference - Reimagining RE in multi-cultural and gendered spaces (Paperback)

This book is concerned with re-imagining Religious Education (RE) as this is practiced in schools, colleges and universities throughout the UK and in a wide variety of international educational contexts. On the basis of a critical analysis of current theory and practice in RE the authors argue that this educational framing is no longer plausible in the light of new theoretical developments within the academy. A new educational approach to RE is outlined that challenges students to think and practice differently. This includes a 'becoming ethnographer' approach that can acknowledge socio-material relations and engage the broader literacies necessary for such study. Part One examines how RE has been constructed as a discipline in historical and spatial terms that abstract its study from material concerns. Part Two offers some new starting points: Spinoza, Foucault and feminist theory that differently foreground context and relationality, and 'Islam' read as a discursive, located tradition rather than as 'world view'. Finally, Part Three proposes a new trajectory for research and practice in RE, with the aim of re-engaging schools, colleges and universities in a dialogue that promotes thinking and practice that - as educational - is continually in touch with the need to be critical, open-ended and ethically justifiable.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Gender, Theology and Spirituality
Release date:	December 2019
First published:	2017
Authors:	John I'Anson • Alison Jasper
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	180
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-87668-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Children's & Educational > Humanities > Religious education / world faiths > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General Books > Children's Fiction & Fun
LSN:	0-367-87668-X
Barcode:	9780367876685

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