Public Theology Perspectives on Religion and Education

Manfred L. Pirner is Professor of Religious Education and Director of the Research Unit for Public Religion and Education (RUPRE) at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.Johannes Lähnemann is Emeritus Professor of Religious Education at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, and Chairman of the Peace Education Standing Commission of Religions for Peace (RfP).Werner Haussmann is Senior Lecturer at the Chair of Religious Education at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, and Deputy-Director of the Research Unit for Public Religion and Education (RUPRE).Susanne Schwarz is Professor of Religious Education at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany.

• 1 IntroductionManfred L. PirnerPART IFundamental Perspectives for Relating Public Theology and Education2 Reflexivity and Rapprochement: Explorations of a "Postsecular" Public TheologyElaine Graham 3 Public Theology and Liberal EducationHanan A. Alexander4 Public Religious Pedagogy – An Emerging New Paradigm?Manfred L. Pirner5 Educational Justice as Subject Matter of Public Religious PedagogyBernhard Grümme6 Public Theology and Public Education in the City: a U.S. PerspectiveKatie Day7 The Biblical Wisdom Tradition for Public Theology and Its Consequences for Public EducationSebastian Kim8 The Comenius-Institute – Promoting Educational Discourse and Practice in the Spirit of Public TheologyPeter SchreinerPART 2Challenges of Public Theology for Ethical Reasoning and Learning9 Politics of Dignity: a Bridge between Public Theology and EconomyUlrich Hemel10 Good Decision-making in the Field of Business. A Discussion of the Challenges to and Opportunities Offered by Public Religious EducationBirte Platow11 Leadership Development: a Field for Public Theology?Willem Fourie12 "You Shall not Make for Yourself a Carved Image". Positive Inspiration for an Ethics of Journalistic Images from the Perspective of Public TheologyFlorian HöhnePART 3Religion in Public Education. Tasks, Challenges and Controversies13 The Theological Lacuna in Australian RE: Closing the Gap with a Re-constructed Public TheologyTerence Lovat14 Religious Studies in Public Education: Promoting Critical and Appreciative Perspectives on Self, Society, and NatureBruce Grelle15 Lost in Translation? Talking Religion at School and in the Public SpaceThomas Wabel16 Falling Through the Net: The Digital Divide as a Challenge for Public Theology, Global Learning and Religious Education Henrik Simojoki17 The Politicisation and Securitisation of Religion in Education: A Response to a RejoinderLiam Gearon18 Politicisation and Securitisation? The REDCo Project and the Toledo Guiding PrinciplesRobert Jackson19 We Need Religious Educators as Public Intellectuals. A ManifestoSiebren Miedema