Religious Education as Encounter. A Tribute to John M. Hull (eBook)

Contents 8
Religious Education as Encounter. Introduction 10
1. Introduction 10
2. Short Personal and Intellectual Biography of John M. Hull 11
3. The Content of the Book 13
References 20
Religious Education as Encounter. From Body Worlds to Religious Worlds 22
1. Introduction 22
2. Unconscious Passion? 22
3. The Desire to See 23
4. From Normality to Totality 23
5. The Linguistic Borders of Normality 24
6. Disability Awareness and Faith 25
7. The Learning Curve 26
8. How a Neurologist developed the Concept of Human Worlds 27
9. From Body Worlds to Religious Worlds 31
10. God as a Trans-world Reality 33
References 33
Encounter and Comparison. Complementary Perspectives for Religious Education? 36
1. Introduction 36
2. Encounter and Comparison: Conceptual Analysis 37
3. Mutual Implication of Encounter and Comparison in the Praxis of Religious Education? 40
4. Encounter and Comparison in Research on Religious Education 42
5. Conclusions and Perspectives for the Future 43
References 44
Educating Identity: Toward a Pedagogy of Difference 46
1. Introduction 46
2. Evaluating Rational Evaluation 47
3. Initiation into a Way of Life 49
4. Conclusion 52
References 53
Re-thinking Religious Education in Turkish Schools in the Light of the Contribution by John M. Hull to the Turkish Experience 54
1. Introduction 54
2. Justifications for Religious Education to Become a School Subject in Turkey 56
3. Advances in Religious Education in Turkey 60
4. Summary with Concluding Remarks 62
References 65
Encountering the Self and the Other: Black Christian Education as Inter- ethnic and Anti- racist Discourse 66
1. Introduction 66
2. The Hidden Cost of Belonging in Britain 67
3. The Pathology of Black Rage as a Response to Racialised Othering 67
4. Dubois and Double Consciousness 68
5. The Privileges of being White 69
6. The Black Response to Racism in Britain 70
7. The Importance of Inter-culturality 72
8. White Scholars who have ‘Bucked the Trend’ 73
9. The Role of Black Christian Education for Encountering Self and the ‘ Other’ 74
10. Black Christian Education for Racial and Ethnic Reconciliation 76
11. Black Christian Education Informed by Black Christology 76
Annexe: Get on the Bus 79
References 82
Encounter as Model for Dialogue in Religious Education 84
1. Dialogue: Fashion and Needs 84
2. Encounter: Rhetoric and Ideal 86
3. The Phenomenon of Encounter 87
4. Formation: Ac-knowledgement of the Other 90
5. Religion: The Structure of Encounter 91
6. Encounter and Dialogue in Religious Education 93
7. Concluding Remarks 94
References 96
The Text and Its Readings: But What About Truth? 100
1. Introduction 100
2. My Introduction to Iblis 101
3. The Human Condition 104
4. The Tragedy of Iblis 106
5. Questions 108
References 109
Religious Education as Encounter with Neighbour Religions 112
1. Introduction: Fundamental Perceptions of a Religious Dimension and Interreligious Encounters 112
2. Encounter with Neighbour Religions 114
3. Christianity and Neighbour-Religions: Hans Jochen Margull’s Position on Interreligious Encounter 117
4. Impulses for the Education of Religion from the Experiences of Ecumenical Dialogue 124
References 127
Encountering ‘Good Practice’ Teacher’s Construction of School’s Identity 130
1. Introduction 130
2. School Ethos in a Field of Tension 131
3. The Biography of Teachers as a Cornerstone 134
4. The Concept of Identity 135
5. Structural Identity Consulation (SIC) 137
6. An Interpretive Approach of Examples of ‘ Good Practice’ 140
7. Encounter in Practice and in Narratives 143
8. Encounter in Theory 144
9. Emerging Identity in Awareness and Reflection 146
References 147
List of Authors and Editor 150