What is religious education all about? A hermeneutic reappraisal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20503161 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Aldridge (0000-0002-8601-6366, Oxford Brookes University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-45 |
| Publication date | 2011-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Beliefs and Values (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1361-7672 • E-ISSN: 1469-9362 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13617672.2011.549308 |
| OpenAlex | W2156798954 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 15 |
There has been limited engagement with Gadamer in the pedagogy of English religious education (RE) to date. Currently there remains confusion about the subject matter of RE and the application of the National Framework attainment targets, learning about and learning from. Instrumental justifications of RE are in tension with the desire to defend the specifically religious subject matter of this curriculum area. An application of Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics identifies religions as the texts rather than the subject matter of RE and offers an opportunity to interpret ‘learning from’ as an ontological condition for any learning in RE, but this can only occur when the subject matter is allowed to be constituted in the hermeneutic event. The desire to defend RE against perceived threats from other curriculum areas is recognised; however it is argued that addressing this by fixing a particular aspect or stratum of reality as the distinctive object of study in RE constrains the possibility of understanding
Confusion · Curriculum · Epistemology · Hermeneutics · Linguistics · Pedagogy · Psychoanalysis · Religious education · Sociology · Subject matter · Education and Character Development · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Theology, and Education · Religious Education and Schools
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2023 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |