Changing the game in English religious education: 1971 and 2018

Cush, D (2021) 'Changing the game in English religious education: 1971 and 2018.' In: Franck, O and Thalén, P, eds. Religious education in a post-secular age: case studies from Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp. 139-156. ISBN 9783030475055

Abstract

In this chapter, Cush re-examines Schools Council Working Paper 36 (Schools Council 1971), subsequently recognised to be a ‘game-changing’ moment in English religious education (RE), shaping RE for decades and still influential today. Proposals of the ‘working paper’ are explored, as well as some of the criticisms that have been made of both the document and Smart’s ‘phenomenological’ approach to RE which it endorsed. To some extent defending both the working paper and Smart, she also recognises the many developments in both the religious landscape and academic study of religion which necessitate a new ‘game-changing’ move in English RE. Could the recommendations of the Commission on RE (CoRE 2018) mark the beginning of a new era for RE in England?

Item Type:	Book Chapter or Section
Divisions:	School of Writing, Publishing and the Humanities
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47503-1_8
Date Deposited:	16 Feb 2023 16:45
Last Modified:	16 Feb 2023 16:45
URI / Page ID:	https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/15207

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