Nurturing Children's Religious Imagination: The Challenge of Primary Religious Education Today

Topley, Raymond

ISBN 10: 1853907782 / ISBN 13: 9781853907784

Published by Veritas, 2004

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR002821505

Synopsis:

Aimed at primary school teachers of religious education as they set about responding to the challenges of religious education in the twenty-first century. The collection begins by focusing on children's existential concerns and on the response of home, school and parish. Consideration is then given to contemporary issues affecting religious education such as intercultural education and outreach to children from a variety of disadvantaged situations and circumstances. The third section includes essays on catechetics and on the use of story, including popular cultural narratives such as Harry Potter. The final section addresses the sacraments of Communion and Confirmation, and includes an essay on the liturgical inclusion of people with special needs.

About the Author: Gareth Byrne is Head of the School of Education and lectures in Religious Education at the Mater Dei Institute of Education, a College of Dublin City University. His teaching and research work is focused on Primary and Post- Primary Religious Education and on Faith Development for all age groups. He conducted national research throughout Ireland, North and South, in 2005/6, providing the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference with a draft National Directory for Catechesis. As well as contributing various articles, he is author of Religious Education Renewed: An Overview of Developments in Post-Primary Religious Education (Veritas, 2005) and co-editor with Raymond Topley of Nurturing Children s Religious Imagination: The Challenge of Primary Religious Education Today (Veritas, 2004). He is a priest of Dublin diocese and Parish Chaplain in St Gabriel s Parish, Dollymount. Raymond Topley is Head of the Department of Religious Studies and Religious Education, St Patrick s College, Drumcondra, a college of Dublin City University. His particular interests are in Religious Education methodology and liturgical studies. He is a Fellow of the Lonergan Institute, Boston College and his recent research has focused on the implications of Bernard Lonergan s cognitional theory for Religious Education. His publications include Nurturing Childrens Religious Imagination: The Challenge of Primary Religious Education Today (Veritas, 2004), which was co-edited with Gareth Byrne.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Nurturing Children's Religious Imagination: ...
Publisher: Veritas
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good