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On Holy Ground: The Theory and Practice of Religious Education

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On Holy Ground: The Theory and Practice of Religious Education

By: Liam Gearon

Religion has had notable and renewed prominence in contemporary public and political life. Religious questions have also been freshly examined in philosophy and theology, the natural sciences, the social sciences, psychology, phenomenology, politics and the arts. These fields reflect complex, multi-disciplinary understandings of religion, some hostile, some accommodating. For religious education this has all contributed to its own international renaissance. Religious education, in ensuring it is contemporary, shares with these fields the same criticality, the same distance between the study of religion and the religious life. Yet what are the grounds of this modern religious education? Through a systematic historical and contemporary cross-disciplinary analysis, answering this question is the ambitious task of the book. Chapters include: philosophy, theology and religious education the natural sciences and religious education the social sciences and religious education psychology, spirituality and religious education phenomenology and religious education the politics of religious education the aesthetics of religious education. The central problem of all modern religious education remains this: what are the grounds of religious education when religious education is no longer grounded in the religious life, in the life of the holy? Although this primarily appears to be an epistemological problem, it soon becomes a moral and existential one. The book will be of key interest to teachers, theorists and researchers working in religious education.

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Education, Politics and Religion

Reconciling the Civil and the Sacred in Education

By: James Arthur,Liam Gearon,Alan Sears

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Education, Politics and Religion

Reconciling the Civil and the Sacred in Education

By: James Arthur,Liam Gearon,Alan Sears

In recent years a number of popular books have savaged religion arguing it is a dangerous delusion that poisons human societies and relationships. This is but the most recent manifestation of a secularising agenda that has been sweeping contemporary democratic societies since the Enlightenment. This book pushes back against that agenda, examining its key assumptions and arguing that the exclusion of religious people and ideas from education and the public square is both undemocratic and unwise. For the most part the book draws arguments and examples from Christianity, the religious tradition of the authors, but it recognises that many religions share the concerns and possibilities examined. The book examines contemporary expressions of the secularising agenda in Western democracies with particular focus on how that is played out in education. It demonstrates how republican theory understood within a faith perspective provides a shared understanding and substantive basis for education within a Western democracy. It explores the historical connections and disconnections between religion and civic life in the West from ancient to contemporary times and examines religiously based civic action and pedagogical approaches contending both have the potential to contribute greatly to democracy. It will be of value to any who are interested in exploring how democracies can include the voices of all their citizens: the religious and the secular.

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State Religious Education and the State of Religious Life

By: Liam Gearon,Joseph Prud'homme

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State Religious Education and the State of Religious Life

By: Liam Gearon,Joseph Prud'homme

This book explores recent calls to increase instruction of the Bible in American public schools. The work develops a distinctive philosophical and trans-Atlantic assessment of these proposals by critiquing European approaches to religious education and by reviewing the role of religion in contemporary democracies. The work will spark debate among political scientists, policy experts, Religious Education instructors, theologians, and social and educational theorists.

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1532646917

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Human Rights and Religion

A Reader

By: Liam Gearon

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Human Rights and Religion

A Reader

By: Liam Gearon

Religion manifests itself as a force for social and political conflict and repression. Yet religions also promote ideals of harmonious living with traditions that enrich contemporary understandings of international human rights. This work examines the relationship between religion and human rights.

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Liverpool University Press

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1837642443

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State Religious Education and the State of Religious Life

By: Liam Gearon,Joseph Prud'homme

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MasterClass in Religious Education

Transforming Teaching and Learning

By: Liam Gearon

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MasterClass in Religious Education

Transforming Teaching and Learning

By: Liam Gearon

A comprehensive guide to religious education, ensuring a solid foundation for supporting effective learning and teaching.

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MasterClass in Religious Education

Transforming Teaching and Learning

By: Liam Gearon

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Transforming Teaching and Learning

By: Liam Gearon

A comprehensive guide to religious education, ensuring a solid foundation for supporting effective learning and teaching.

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Citizenship Through Secondary Religious Education

By: Liam Gearon

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Citizenship Through Secondary Religious Education

By: Liam Gearon

Religion has achieved ever greater prominence in debates about citizenship at every level of cultural, economic, social and political life. Citizenship through Secondary Religious Education highlights some of the key issues surrounding citizenship for the R.E. teacher. Topics selected include those of historical and immediate relevance to teaching citizenship through religious education. There are chapters covering general critical planning issues and those concentrating on specific themes such as: The open society and its enemies planning for citizenship through religious education genocide asylum freedom of religion and belief sustainable development the rights of indigenous peoples. Practical in its style, the guidance presented in this book will be invaluable to teachers and student teachers of religious education and specialists in citizenship. Those who have been allocated responsibility for teaching Citizenship or Religious Education, or are looking to teach them as second subjects, will also find this book a useful resource.

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Human Rights and Religion

A Reader

By: Liam Gearon

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A Reader

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Landscapes of Encounter

The Portrayal of Catholicism in the Novels of Brian Moore

By: Liam Gearon

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Landscapes of Encounter

The Portrayal of Catholicism in the Novels of Brian Moore

By: Liam Gearon

Brian Moore (1921-1999) is one of the few novelists whose literary portrayal of Catholicism effectively spans the period prior to and following the Second Vatican Council. His novels - from Judith Hearne (1955) to his final work, The Magician's Wife (1997) - are characterized by an enormously varied portrayal of pre- and post-Vatican II Catholicism.Many critics have discussed how Moore's life is reflected in his works, while others have dismissed his fictions as simple narratives in the mould of classical realism. In this book, Gearon contends that Moore's fictions are far more complex, as he was one of the great observers of Catholicism in all its modern and historical controversy. Moore's writings thus portray a world where religion is in constant encounter, and often conflict, with alternative cultural, ideological, and theological worldviews.Landscapes of Encounter provides the only full treatment of Moore's work as a literary convergence of the theological and the ideological, and specifically as a convergence of post-Vatican II and post-colonial perspectives.

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Education, Politics and Religion

Reconciling the Civil and the Sacred in Education

By: James Arthur,Liam Gearon,Alan Sears

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Reconciling the Civil and the Sacred in Education

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A Pilgrimage of Trust

The Story of Brother Roger and Taizé

By: Liam Gearon

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A Pilgrimage of Trust

The Story of Brother Roger and Taizé

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The very popular Faith in Action series is suitable for individual and class/group work. In addition to the main biographical story, the book contains suggestions for discussion, thinking and writing as well as examination type questions.

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A Modern Martyr

The Story of Oscar Romero

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A Modern Martyr

The Story of Oscar Romero

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How Archbishop Oscar Romero risked his life by speaking out for the rights and just treatment of the poor in El Salvador, which led to his assassination in 1980.

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Following St. Peter

The Story of Pope John Paul II

By: Liam Gearon

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Following St. Peter

The Story of Pope John Paul II

By: Liam Gearon

The Story of Pope John Paul II. The very popular Faith in Action Series is suitable for individual and class / group work. In addition to the main biographical story, the book contains suggestions for discussion, thinking and writing as well as examination type questions.

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The Human Rights Handbook

A Global Perspective for Education

By: Liam Gearon

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The Human Rights Handbook

A Global Perspective for Education

By: Liam Gearon

An authoritative guide to human rights for teachers, students and researchers. It presents an increasingly complex field in a straightforward and accessible manner. Each chapter has a similar user-friendly format. The chapter summary is followed by a general introduction to the theme. International legal standards are set out in a selection of key documents. The relevant human rights organizations are described: UN, regional-governmental and non-governmental (NGO). Because the handbook does not claim to be exhaustive, each chapter concludes with a brief selection of additional resources for further reading and research.

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1858562678

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The Black Soul

By: Liam O'Flaherty

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The Black Soul

By: Liam O'Flaherty

The sea roars dismally round the shores of Inverara. A Stranger takes a room on the island. Here lives a couple whose married years have been joyless, until the presence of the Stranger unleashes their passions... For as spring softens the wild beauty of Inverara, the Stranger becomes conscious of the dark-haired Mary - how summer makes her shiver with life. He is the first man she has ever loved, and she thrills with sexual awakening. But with autumn comes danger. Peasants mutter superstition against Mary; Red John laughs at nothing, there's murder in his eyes; and a madman's yell hurls the Stranger back to sanity . . . . Intense, compelling, beautifully descriptive - as Wuthering Heights is to the Yorkshire moors, so The Black Soul is to the Aran Islands.

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Book's by Liam Gearon

On Holy Ground: The Theory and Practice of Religious Education

On Holy Ground: The Theory and Practice of Religious Education

Education, Politics and Religion

Education, Politics and Religion

State Religious Education and the State of Religious Life

State Religious Education and the State of Religious Life

Human Rights and Religion

Human Rights and Religion

State Religious Education and the State of Religious Life

State Religious Education and the State of Religious Life

MasterClass in Religious Education

MasterClass in Religious Education

MasterClass in Religious Education

MasterClass in Religious Education

Citizenship Through Secondary Religious Education

Citizenship Through Secondary Religious Education

Human Rights and Religion

Human Rights and Religion

Landscapes of Encounter

Landscapes of Encounter

Education, Politics and Religion

Education, Politics and Religion

A Pilgrimage of Trust

A Pilgrimage of Trust

A Modern Martyr

A Modern Martyr

Following St. Peter

Following St. Peter

The Human Rights Handbook

The Human Rights Handbook

The Black Soul

The Black Soul

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