• This article critically reviews the European religious education landscape and argues that a
religious notion of religion prevails in most models, not only in confessional RE but also in …

This article presents analyses of curricula in religious education (RE) for public schools in
Austria, Scotland, and Sweden. A curricula is the plan that outlines the goals, content and …

In the World Library of Educationalists series, international experts themselves compile
career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces–extracts from books, key …

From 2020, the National Curriculum in Norway has been totally renewed for primary,
secondary, and upper secondary education. This includes the introduction of such new …

In this article, I discuss the potential of developing a kind of worldview education that has the
purpose of enabling teachers and students to understand how worldviews are formed. I …

Teaching Religious Education 2 book was distributed free to all newly qualified RE teachers
in the UK for several years after it was published. The trust continued to support seminars …

I consider Liam Gearon's critique of what he calls the politicisation and securitisation of
religious education, focusing on his criticisms of a European research project, the REDCo …

Religious education and intercultural education are seen by some to be in tension with each
other, and by others as two sides of the same coin. The explanations for this unsettled …

Secularization and diversity are two social features that characterize the contemporary
world. The rhetoric of the public debate in a number of countries has become increasingly …

In democratic societies schools have an obligation to address complex societal issues such
as ethnic/religious tensions and social conflicts. The article reports an exploratory study of …