Reading and reflecting sacred texts in the presence of the other: an empirical study on the use of "scriptural reasoning" in teacher education

In this article the method of Scriptural Reasoning (SR), a text-based approach to interreligious dialogue between participants of the three Abrahamic religions, was implemented for a teacher education setting at a German university. Not only students with an outspoken religious conviction but also a...

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Published in:Journal of beliefs and values
Authors: Welling, Katharina ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author) ; Roebben, Bert 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge [2018]
In: Journal of beliefs and values
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Germany / Pedagogical university / Religious education / Scriptural reasoning
RelBib Classification:AH Religious education
AX Inter-religious relations
Further subjects:B Scriptural Reasoning (SR)
B Interreligious Learning
B religious education (RE)
B Teacher Education
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:In this article the method of Scriptural Reasoning (SR), a text-based approach to interreligious dialogue between participants of the three Abrahamic religions, was implemented for a teacher education setting at a German university. Not only students with an outspoken religious conviction but also agnostic and atheist students, preparing themselves to become teachers in public schools, were invited into the conversation. The article documents and discusses the qualitative-empirical research in which the SR meetings were embedded. The aim of the article is not to create a hermeneutical theory for SR but rather to explore how SR as a method, with its specific learning tool of text-work, can be turned into a broader didactical model which can be transferred to other learning environments and which can in the long run provide empirical evidence on successful teacher education in multi-religious and multi-worldview societies and schools.
ISSN:1469-9362
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of beliefs and values
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2017.1381440