Overview
Is Religious Education Possible?: A Philosophical Investigation tackles a well-established problem in the philosophy of education. The problem is the threat posed to the logical possibility of non-confessional religious education by the claim that religion constitutes an autonomous language-game or form of knowledge. Defenders of this claim argue that religion cannot be understood from the outside: it is impossible to impart religious understanding unless one is also prepared to impart religious belief.Michael Hand argues for two central points: first, that non-confessional religious education would indeed be impossible if it were true that religion constitutes a distinct form of knowledge; and, second, that religion does not in fact constitute a distinct form of knowledge.
- | Author: Michael Hand
- | Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- | Publication Date: Dec 14, 2006
- | Number of Pages: 192 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 0826491502
- | ISBN-13: 9780826491503
