Understanding Religion : Empirical Perspectives in Practical Theology. Essays in Honour of Hans-Georg Ziebertz / Ulrich Riegel, Stefan Heil, Boris Kalbheim, Alexander Unser

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Riegel, Ulrich, Editor.

Heil, Stefan, Editor.

Kalbheim, Boris, Editor.

Unser, Alexander, Editor.

Series:

Research on Religious and Spiritual Education 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

religion.

empirical research.

practical theology.

religious.

adolescence.

awe.

victimisation.

Sweden.

Finland.

theology students.

judicial right.

India.

humour.

public sphere.

public perception.

disaffiliation motive.

Catholic School.

pluralisation.

secularisation.

Vatican III.

Religionswissenschaft.

Local Subjects:

religion.

empirical research.

practical theology.

religious.

adolescence.

awe.

victimisation.

Sweden.

Finland.

theology students.

judicial right.

India.

humour.

public sphere.

public perception.

disaffiliation motive.

Catholic School.

pluralisation.

secularisation.

Vatican III.

Religionswissenschaft.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

1st, New ed.

Place of Publication:

Münster Waxmann 2019

Biography/History:

Ulrich Riegel is Professor for Religious Education within the Seminar of Catholic Theology at Siegen University, Germany. His main research is on both the empirical analysis of religious teaching and learning and the empirical analysis of religiosity. Recent research projects address the process of disaffiliation from the churches and how teachers deal with religious heterogeneity in religious education.

Stefan Heil is director of the Institute of Religious Education (Diocese of Würzburg, Germany) and holds an Extraordinary Professorship on Religious Education at the Julius-Maximilian-University Wüurzburg, Germany. His main research interests are professionalism and habitus of teachers, qualitative empirical methodology and hermeneutics, competence-orientated teacher -training.

Boris Kalbheim is Lecturer at the Chair of Religious Education in the Catholic Faculty of the Julius -Maximilian-University, Würzburg, Germany. His main research interests are interreligious learning, non -denominational youth and university didactics. His recent research project addresses the forming of identity in interreligious contexts.

Alexander Unser is Assistant Professor for Catholic Theology and Religious Education at TU Dortmund University. His research focuses on socio-structural aspects of religious education, on interreligious learning, and on the political dimension of religiosity.

Summary:

Today, religion is a complex issue. In Western Europe, the so-called ›Christian heritage‹ is challenged by both other religious traditions and secular worldviews. It is therefore essential to understand the complexity of religion in different contexts. This volume addresses four questions in this regard: How can we assess religion and religiosity appropriately? What are important markers of religiosity? How does religion affect recent society? How can religion be taught in modern society? By dealing with these questions, the contributions to this volume offer an insight into the state-of-the-art of research on religion and religiosity within the field of religious education on an international level.

Mit Understanding Religion haben Riegel, Heil, Kalbheim und Unser nicht nur eine Festschrift vorgelegt, die mit ihrer Liste der Beiträge und ihrem Themenspektrum eine angemessene Würdigung für das Lebenswerk von Hans-Georg Ziebertz darstellt, sondern ihnen ist es auch gelungen, eine Anthologie zur Vermessung des Feldes von Glaube, Religiosität und religiöser Bildung vorzulegen, die einen eindrucksvollen Überblick in die Methoden wie auch Themenfelder empirischer Religionspädagogik heute liefert. – Clauß Peter Sajak, in: Theologische Revue 117, August 2021.

ISBN:

3-8309-9054-5

Publisher Number:

9783830990543