Contents CT&RE

Christian Theology and Religious Education

Contents

Foreword Stewart R. Sutherland

Introduction Jeff Astley and Leslie J. Francis

PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES FROM THEOLOGY

1 Global Christian Theology and Education Ninian Smart

2 Theology and the Cultural Reduction of Religion Daniel W. Hardy

3 Pluralism, Theology and Education: a German perspective Karl Ernst Nipkow

4 Theology for the Untheological? theology, philosophy and the classroom Jeff Astley

5 ‘Sapiential Yearnings’: the challenge of feminist theology to religious education Mary Grey

6 Sociology, Theology and Religious Education Robin Gill

7 Liberalism in Theology and Religious Education Colin Crowder

PART TWO: PERSPECTIVES FROM EDUCATION

8 ‘Policing the Sublime’: a wholly (holy?) ironic approach to the spiritual development of children Adrian Thatcher

9 A Critique of Christian Religionism in Recent British Education John M. Hull

10 Education is the Point of RE – not Religion? theological perspectives on the SCAA model syllabuses Trevor Cooling

11 Imagination and Tradition in Religion and Education Kevin Nichols

12 Teaching about the Holocaust: RE appeals for help from theology David Day and Linda Burton

13 Creation Theology and Religious Education Robin Minney

14 Who Wants RE? a socio-psychological profile of adolescent support for religious education Leslie J. Francis and John M. Lewis

15 Male and Female Conceptualisations of Science at the Interface with Religious Education William K. Kay

16 Postscript: conservation and criticism Basil Mitchell

Contributors

Index of Subjects

Index of Names