Basics of Religious Education

Gottfried Adam, Rainer Lachmann

• Publisher: V&R Unipress
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9783847102656
• eBook ISBN:
  9783847002659
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Religion

This volume offers an introduction to all questions of teaching Religious Education as a school subject and as an academic discipline related to this subject. The chapters cover most of the aspects that religion teachers have to face in their work, as well as the theoretical background necessary for this task. The volume is a textbook for students and teachers of religious education, be it in school or in an academic context, who are looking for reliable information on this field. The book has proven its usefulness in German speaking countries. This volume is the English translation of the German Compendium of Religious Education (edited by Gottfried Adam and Rainer Lachmann). The present English version is based on the 2012 edition which aims for a most current representation of the field. The background of the book is Protestant but its outlook is clearly ecumenical, and questions of interreligious education are considered in many of the chapters. The compendium continues to be widely used in Germany, Austria and Switzerland – as an introduction to the field and as a handbook for students who are preparing for their final exams. The English edition makes this compendium available to students and colleagues in other countries.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Body
• Introduction
• Martin Rothgangel: I. What is religious education? An epistemological guide
• Rainer Lachmann / Martin Rothgangel: II. Understanding and tasks of the subject-related didactics of Religious Education
• Rainer Lachmann: III. History of religious education until the beginning of the 20th century - didactical highlights
• Martin Rothgangel: IV. Conceptions of religious education and didactical structures
• Friedrich Schweitzer: V. Religious education as a task of the school
• Michael Wermke: VI. Religion in school outside Religious Education
• Uta Pohl-Patalong: VII. Learning in school and in the congregation. A comparison with regard to confirmation work
• Gottfried Adam / Rainer Lachmann: VIII. Reasons for Religious Education in Public Schools
• Michael Meyer-Blanck: IX. Forms of Religious Education in the federal states (Länder) of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Peter Schreiner: X. Religious Education in Europe
• Martin Schreiner: XI. The Relationship between Religious Education and other Subjects
• Martin Rothgangel / Robert Schelander: XII. Pupil – empirical methods on perception
• Andrea Schulte: XIII. Pupils in a psychological perspective
• Manfred L. Pirner: XIV. Pupils – in a sociological perspective
• Petra Freudenberger-Lötz: XV. Pupils – in a theological perspective
• Elisabeth Naurath: XVI. Pupils and Religion Teachers – in a perspective of gender
• Hartmut Lenhard: XVII. Stages of training for teachers of Religious Education
• Gottfried Adam: XVIII. Religious Education teacher: profession – person – competence
• Friedhelm Kraft: XIX. Curricula for Religious Education
• Martin Rothgangel: XX. Religious competences and educational standards for religion
• Michael Domsgen: XXI. The dimensions of learning in Religious Education
• Rainer Lachmann: XXII. Preparation of lessons
• Michael Fricke: XXIII. Biblical themes
• Thomas Schlag: XXIV. Systematic topics
• Christian Grethlein: XXV. Interreligious topics
• Gottfried Adam / Martin Rothgangel: XXVI. What is `good' Religious Education?
• List of authors