International Comparison and Transfer in Religious Education

The Projects "RE at Schools in Europe" and "International Knowledge Transfer" in Dialogue

Friedrich Schweitzer, Martin Rothgangel

• Publisher: V&R Unipress
• Year: 2026
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9783847019428
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Theology

This volume focuses on international comparison and transfer against the background of the two projects "Religious Education in Schools in Europe" (RelEdu) and "International Knowledge Transfer" (IKT). The benefit of this approach can be seen in the concretization of methodological questions which in this way can be discussed with reference to these research projects and the questions associated with them. In addition, the two focal points of comparison and transfer are discussed in the wider context of internationalization, especially internationalization in science and particularly in research on religious education. This contextualization reflects the growing interest in international comparative research in religious education to which the present volume also contributes.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Body
• Friedrich Schweitzer / Martin Rothgangel: Introduction
• Challenges in Collecting International Data
• Martin Rothgangel: Religious Education at Schools in Europe. Challenges of Data Collection and first Experiences with Data Analysis
• Yauheniya Danilovich: Retrospect and Possible Consequences for Further Development. Experiences of Co-editors in Data Collection
• Issues of Methodology
• Friedrich Schweitzer: Religious Education at Schools in Europe, International Knowledge Transfer and Comparative Research: Potentials – Limitations – Tasks for the Future
• Oddrun M. H. Bråten / Nils H. Korsvoll: Cultural Heritage and Religion and Worldviews Education
• Geir Skeie: Religious Education Research, Knowledge Production and Knowledge Transfer. Some Critical Reflections and Implications for Further Development of a Field of Research
• Laura Weidlich: Limits of RelEdu: On the Meaning of History and Transnationalism
• Approaches for Comparative Interpretation
• Benjamin Ahme: Harmonization through Professionalization and Scientification? Internationalization Processes in Religious Education as a Background of RelEdu
• Leni Franken: Models of Religious Education in Europe: Shifts and Concepts
• Henrik Simojoki: Secularization in the RelEdu volumes: Observations, Conceptual Remarks and Impulses for Further Research
• Athanasios Stogiannidis / Nikos Koutsoupias / Dimitrios Koutsoupias: The RelEdu Project – The Question of Denominational or Political Patterns: Statistical Content Analysis
• Ulrich Riegel: Predictors for Openness Towards Non-Denominational, Inclusive Religious Education on a National Level. The EU Recommendations on Religious Education in the Context of the RelEdu-Project
• Thomas Schlag: (Post‑)Digital Religious Education: Transformations, Explorations, Challenges and Potentials of Digitalization in the Context of International Knowledge Transfer
• Nigel Fancourt: The Legal Dimensions of International Knowledge Transfer in Religious Education across Europe: the Role of National and Supranational Courts
• Bert Roebben: Traveling Knowledge. Inter-Contextual Learning in European Religious Education Research
• Discussion and Summaries
• Zehavit Gross / Ela Luria: Equity versus Equality: RelEdu from a Non-European Perspective
• Peter Schreiner: On Dialogue and Exchange of European Projects on RE
• Arniika Kuusisto: Religious Education in Europe: Lessons for Life?
• Conclusions and Perspectives
• Friedrich Schweitzer: Comparison and Transfer: Perspectives for Future Research in Religious Education
• Authors
• Copyright