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Is Religious Education Possible?: A Philosophical Investigation

Is Religious Education Possible?: A Philosophical Investigation

Hardcover

Series: Continuum Studies in Research in Education

General Education

ISBN10: 0826491502
ISBN13: 9780826491503
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Dec 14 2006
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.42 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

Is Religious Education Possible?: A Philosophical Investigation tackles a well-established problem in the philosophy of education. The problem is the threat posed to the logical possibility of non-confessional religious education by the claim that religion constitutes an autonomous language-game or form of knowledge. Defenders of this claim argue that religion cannot be understood from the outside: it is impossible to impart religious understanding unless one is also prepared to impart religious belief.

Michael Hand argues for two central points: first, that non-confessional religious education would indeed be impossible if it were true that religion constitutes a distinct form of knowledge; and, second, that religion does not in fact constitute a distinct form of knowledge.

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