Religious education between modernization and globalization : new perspectives on the United States and Germany Richard R. Osmer & Friedrich Schweitzer [Text]
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TextSeries: Studies in practical theologyPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. W.B. Eerdmans Pub. c2003Description: xix, 319 p. 24 cmISBN: - 0802812848
- BV 1467.O86 2003 .804
- BV1467
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-313) and indexes
Summary: Featuring a unique comparative approach to religious education, the book first explores the importance of studying the styles and methods of religious education within differing social contexts, and it presents modernization, globalization, and postmodernism as key frameworks for su ch research. Next, central figures and texts in twentieth-century religio us education in both Germany and the United States are examined and compa red. The last section of the book points out the challenges facing religi ous education in the new millennium and offers constructive proposals tha t will interest not only Protestants and Catholics but also members of Je wish, Muslim, and other faith communities
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