Participatory learning : religious education in a globalizing society / by Chris A.M. Hermans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hermans, C. A. M. (Christiaan Andreas Maria), 1955-

Series:

Empirical studies in theology 1389-1189 ; v. 9.

Empirical studies in theology, 1389-1189 ; v. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious education--Philosophy.

Religious education.

Globalization--Religious aspects.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

vii, 405 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Religion in a Globalizing World 18

1.1 Globalization 19

1.2 Cultural changes in a globalizing society 32

1.2.1 Homogenization 35

1.2.2 De-traditionalization 41

1.2.3 Privatization 45

1.2.4 De-institutionalization 49

1.3 Changes in religion 53

1.3.1 Homogenization 53

1.3.2 De-traditionalization 59

1.3.3 Privatization 68

1.3.4 De-institutionalization 75

Chapter 2 Theological Reflection on Tradition 83

2.1 Time and space 85

2.2 Three rival concepts of tradition 92

2.2.1 Post-traditional concept of tradition 93

2.2.2 Traditionalist concept of tradition 98

2.2.3 Open concept of tradition 102

2.3 God as (In)finite time and space 107

2.3.1 Theological evaluation of fundamentalism 108

2.3.2 (In)finitude in terms of an iconic hermeneutics 114

2.4 Marginality/the marginalized other 124

2.4.1 Poverty: facts and experience 124

2.4.2 The moral significance of marginality 128

2.4.3 A consistent option for marginality 134

Chapter 3 Religion: Three Rival Conceptions 144

3.1 Religion: a contested concept 146

3.1.1 Short history of the concept religion 147

3.1.2 Three criteria for a critical assessment of the concept of religion 152

3.2 Religion as experience 159

3.2.1 Empiricist theories 159

3.2.2 Critical assessment 164

3.3 Religion as language 168

3.3.1 Linguistic theories 168

3.3.2 Critical assessment 172

3.4 Religion as practice 176

3.4.1 Institutional theories 176

3.4.2 Critical assessment 201

Chapter 4 A Socially Constructed Religious Self 206

4.1 Social construction of the self 208

4.1.1 Social constructionist theories of the self 208

4.1.2 The dialogic or polyphonic self 217

4.2 The 'religious self' 221

4.2.1 The self-in-religious-practices 222

4.2.2 The self-in-communities-of-religious-practice 226

4.2.3 The religious-self-as-author 230

4.2.4 A self authored in terms of a polyphonic (In)finitude 236

4.2.5 A 'mediated' self-in-religious-practices 242

4.2.6 A positional self-in-religious-practices 245

4.3 Development of the religious self 248

4.3.1 Religious development? 249

4.3.2 Development from participation 257

Chapter 5 Learning From Participation 269

5.1 Participation as basic concept of the new learning 270

5.2 Premises of participatory learning 281

5.2.1 Developmental learning 282

5.2.2 Social learning 287

5.2.3 Mediated learning 291

5.2.4 Meaningful learning 295

5.3 Learning and instruction 300

5.3.1 Didactics of developmental learning 301

5.3.2 Didactics of social learning 309

5.3.3 Didactics of mediated learning 317

5.3.4 Didactics of meaningful learning 326

Chapter 6 Inter-religious Learning 334

6.1 Religious education in a pluralistic context 336

6.1.1 Mono-religious education 337

6.1.2 Multi-religious education 341

6.1.3 Inter-religious education 343

6.2 Towards a hermeneutics of inter-religious dialogue 349

6.2.1 A hermeneutics of recognition 350

6.2.2 Recognition of distinctiveness 353

6.2.3 Recognition of suffering and injustice 357

6.2.4 Recognition of otherness 360

6.3 Didactics of inter-religious learning 363

6.3.1 Didactics of development-oriented inter-religious learning 365

6.3.2 Didactics of social inter-religious learning 369

6.3.3 Didactics for inter-religious mediated learning 372

6.3.4 Didactics of inter-religious meaningful learning 376.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [380]-396) and indexes.

ISBN:

9004130012

OCLC:

52040997