Challenges for Religious Education

<p>Major social changes especially as a result the more multicultural nature of society have raised important issues about the teaching of religion and the rational basis of different religious faiths. <i>Challenges for Religious Education</i> addresses and critically examines these changes and asks where religious education and Faith Schools fit within secular society and indeed whether there is still a place for them at all.</p><p>Analysing what religious education could look like if it were considered from a wider ‘world views’ perspective that doesn’t focus on a particular set of religious beliefs this book considers the ‘reasonableness’ of holding a faith and therefore in teaching it; the ongoing tensions between faith and reason; arguments for and against the study of religious education; whether modern secular thought is itself an ideology; and the philosophical standpoints on the relationship between faith and reason.</p><p>Linking faith and reason with the issue of whether religious education is truly necessary in a modern world <i>Challenges for Religious Education</i> is a crucial read for anyone interested in the future of religious education teaching in a secular society.</p>