Book Reviews: Faith in the Future: Healthcare, Aging, and the Role of Religion

2004 ◽  
Vol 38 (10) ◽  
pp. 1756-1756
Author(s):  
Curtis Edward Harris
Keyword(s):  
The Future ◽  
Role Of Religion

scholarly journals New Representations of Religion and Belief in Schools

Religions ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Religious Education ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Alternative Representation ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Nuanced Understanding ◽  
Global Affairs ◽  
Role Of Religion

Discussions around the future of Religious Education (RE) in England have focused on the need to address the diversity of religion and belief in contemporary society. Issues of the representation of religion and belief in Religious Education are central to the future of the subject. This article draws on research into key stakeholders’ views and aspirations for RE to map an alternative representation of religion and belief to that found in existing approaches that universalise, sanitise and privatise religion. The data reveal a thirst for the study of a broader range and a more nuanced understanding of religion and belief. This incorporates a focus on religion and belief as identity as well as tradition, the study of the role of religion in global affairs as well as the controversies and challenges it can pose for individuals and the exploration of religion and belief as fluid and contested categories. What may be described as a contemporaneous and sociological turn, moves beyond the existing binaries of religious/secular, public/private, good/bad, fluid/static that shape much existing representation, towards a representation of the ‘real religion and belief landscape’ in all its complexity.

scholarly journals German principals’ attitude towards the form of religious education at state schools

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-408
Author(s):  
Ulrich Riegel ◽  
Mirjam Zimmermann ◽  
Oliver Hohenschue
Keyword(s):  
Moral Education ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Important Group ◽  
The Future ◽  
German Constitution ◽  
Role Of Religion ◽  
State Schools

Abstract Despite the strong status of denominational religious education (RE) in the German constitution this organizational form of RE finds itself increasingly under pressure at state schools. Reasons for this development are among others the shrinking percentage of baptized people in Germany, problems in organising this form of RE at school and the discussion on the role of religion in civil society. Concerning the future of RE four options can be determined that need to be discussed: denominational RE, cooperative RE, integrative RE and Moral Education instead of RE. This article presents a survey of 228 school principals who have introduced a cooperative RE at their school to find out which form of RE they prefer for which reasons. The results show that they prefer integrative RE (M = 4.07) over cooperative RE (M = 4.00). Moral Education does not get much support (M = 2.57), but still more than denominational RE (M = 2.27). Regression analysis gives evidence that issues like organizational aspects (for example size of the school) and educational goals (for example views on “taking position in RE”) predict the principals’ preferences. These results provide first impressions of an important group of people within the educational system who have hardly been considered in the discussion about how religion should be taught in the future.

Aggiornamento oder Irrelevanz

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lutz Richter-Bernburg
Keyword(s):  
Immanuel Kant ◽  
Categorical Imperative ◽  
The Self ◽  
Human Sciences ◽  
Islamic Tradition ◽  
Religious Issues ◽  
The Future ◽  
Role Of Religion

By means of the three questions “what can I know, what shall I do, what may I hope”, which can be traced back to Immanuel Kant, this article highlights the role of religion concerning in generating meaning and questions its exclusive claim to truth. Especially when dealing with the written religious heritage the author sees the need for a critical self-questioning on the part of the religions in view of an awareness of empirical as well as historical human sciences. The author calls for the “self-historicization” and a “humanized enclosure” of the religions. For this purpose, it is necessary to critically analyze the texts and traditions and be willing to say farewell to outdated traditions and interpretations in order to be open for the future of new exegesis, which satisfies the scientific demand. The author takes up a much-discussed Islamic tradition in order to show that Kant’s categorical imperative has also to be applied to religious issues.

Religion and Europe

2021 ◽  
pp. l-16
Author(s):  
Grace Davie ◽  
Lucian N. Leustean
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Max Weber ◽  
Jürgen Habermas ◽  
Jurgen Habermas ◽  
The Future ◽  
Circulation Of Knowledge ◽  
Role Of Religion ◽  
Geographical Scope

This chapter introduces The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Europe: its rationale, timeline, geographical scope, approach, structure, and contents. The timeline—from Antiquity to the present day—is captured in a series of ‘portraits’ taken from European museums. The scope, methods, theories, and approaches are then outlined. No single theory or theoretical approach drives the volume as a whole, but particular attention is paid to the work of Max Weber, Jürgen Habermas, and David Martin. The structure (five parts) and contents (forty-five chapters and a statistical appendix) of the Handbook are carefully set out. A number of cross-cutting themes are then identified, including the role of religion in the circulation of knowledge and the tensions between Europe and its constituent states. The future is difficult to predict as Europe becomes not only more secular, but more religiously diverse.

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