Hannam, Patricia and Biesta, Gert
(2019)
Religious education, a matter of understanding? reflections on the final report of the Commission on Religious Education.
Journal of Beliefs & Values, 40 (1).
pp. 55-63.
ISSN 1361-7672
Abstract
In this article we offer reflections on the final report of the
Commission on Religious Education (CoRE) that was published in
England in 2018. We expose and problematise the prominent
place of understanding in the report, not only as an educational
method, but also the underlying world view of the report itself,
a world view which we characterise as ‘hermeneuticism’. We raise
educational, theological and political concerns about the particular
approach taken in the report. We propose instead that religious
education (RE) should be considered first of all in terms of what it
means to live with a religious or non-religious orientation, conceived in existential terms rather than in terms of beliefs or practices or objectified world views. Educationally we show that what
we term a non-hermeneutic way of viewing our humanity would
open different possibilities for RE and its future.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Additional Information: |
Cite as: : Patricia Hannam & Gert Biesta (2019) Religious education, a matter of
understanding? reflections on the final report of the Commission on Religious Education, Journal of
Beliefs & Values, 40:1, 55-63, DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2018.1554330 |
| Keywords: |
Commission on Religious
Education; CoRE; final
report; religious education;
RE; hermeneutics;
hermeneuticism; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Education |
| Item ID: |
13657 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2018.1554330 |
| Depositing User: |
Gert Biesta
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| Date Deposited: |
24 Nov 2020 17:08 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Journal of Beliefs & Values |
| Publisher: |
Routledge |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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