New Perspectives on Religious and Spiritual Education

Theo van der Zee & Terence J. Lovat Meeting the needs for new perspectives of thought and practice in religious and spiritual education I. An interdisciplinary approach Ulrich Riegel, Michael Fricke & Klaas Macha Does body-based learning lead to a better retention of religious education knowledge? Inkeri Rissanen Developing students' willingness to encounter difference. Teachers' practices in Islamic education Theo van der Zee & Chris Hermans Thinking about the afterlife. A cognitive science perspective on what children tend to believe Ola Erik Domaas Critical literacy in religious education Terence J. Lovat Interfaith education and phenomenological method Eija Hanhimaki Morality, religion and spirituality in educators' voices II. A balance between explanation and interpretation Karen Wenell 'Ears to hear' - the Bible, the Sower and performative Christianity Laura Hirsto Personal projects among students of theology. Motivational variations between different study phases Robert Crotty Religious myth as the leading discourse in religious education. A reflection based on the Abrahamic religions Emanuel P. Magro Imagination's role in religious and spiritual education Adil Mamodaly Rethinking the role of religious education in a knowledge society. A Shia Ismaili Muslim perspective III. A contribution to wider fields of interest Sturla Sagberg Education and nurture revisited in the light of spirituality Liam Gearon The securitization of religion in education Adrian-Mario Gellel The spiritual life of Maltese adolescents attending Catholic schools Tapani Innanen Confirmation work instructions and confirmation workers in the Nordic Lutheran Churches Kirsi Tirri Religious and spiritual education as contributors to the development of the whole person Fritz Oser Religious and spiritual resilience in cases of critical life events. Lessons for religious education