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Invited Lecture, ‘Tradition Schooling in, or is it for, Detraditionalized Societies?’
At Education, Formation and The Church III: Raising New Generations in a Post Traditional Society. 31st October – 1st November 2024, Utrecht Theological University, Utrecht, Netherlands. I am talking today about Christian tradition schools in England which is a detraditionalized … Continue reading
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‘Who will educate for a more synodal conversation Church?’
At Network for Researchers in Catholic Education, Annual Conference 2024, Glasgow University 24th-25th October, 2024 This informal paper explores the idea of synodal conversation and asks whether this is an exclusively internal tradition conversation, or one that also speaks with … Continue reading
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‘FORB rights and education in times of belief turbulence at Society’
At Society for Educational Studies Colloquium: Religion, Spirituality and Moral Education: Informal and formal contexts in dialogue, Oriel College, Oxford University, 5-6 September 2024 Recent legal and social turbulence regarding beliefs suggest a lack of appreciation of Freedom of Religion … Continue reading
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‘Seeking a unity of knowledge in an age of Truth convulsion: the roles RE might play.’
AREIAC and AULRE Joint Annual Conference: 2024: “RE Futures?”Hosted by Newman University, Birmingham Conference: Thursday 20th -Friday 21st June 2024 Conference theme: “RE Futures?” Consilience is the idea of a unity of knowledge, a drawing together into a single theory … Continue reading
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Ways of knowing, metaphor and the symbolic imagination: an alternative architecture for an RE that integrates language, thought and embodied experience.
My conference presentation given at the International Symposium on Religion Education and Values in Lincoln, 31st July 2023
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The BERA Blog: Highlights of 2022
Yuletide greetings and festive cheer to all our readers and authors, wherever you may be. In these challenging times, we thank all of you for your continued support, enthusiasm and engagement with…
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A school subject about truth-seeking and way-seeking
I am linked to the AfterRE project, a research project funded by Culham St Gabriel’s which is asking questions and exploring possibilities about the next stage in development of the subject, Religious Education. This is a think piece that is … Continue reading
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Podcasts that seek to go deeper on matters science, religion and faith
Here are some comments about two recent podcasts well worth listening to if you are working in the field of science and religion Nick Spencer and Bethany Sollereder The first, the shorter of the two, is Diving Deep Into Science … Continue reading
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Religious Education for a time of Existential Threat
A shortened audio recording with slides of inaugural professorial lecture ‘Religious Education for a time of Existential Threat’, given on May 11th 2022 at Canterbury Christ Church University. To find out more visit nicer.org.uk and bobbowie.com. You can book our conference for £25 … Continue reading
What is a Worldview? Trevor Cooling shares his thinking
Trevor Cooling, Professor of Christian Education, and Bob Bowie, Professor of Religion and Worldviews Education, talk about Worldview. You can find information about articles of Trevor’s here https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full… and here https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/…. More about the final report of the Commission of … Continue reading
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