Религия и образование. История, традиции и съвременни тенденции
Religion and education. History, Traditions and Contemporary trends

Contributor(s): Maria Schnitter (Editor), Eva Kovacheva (Editor)
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Social Sciences, Education, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Theology and Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: theology; religion; education; trends
Summary/Abstract: This proceedings present the results of the international scientific conference „RELIGION AND EDUCATION IN THE PAST AND TODAY“, organized and conducted by the Department of Theology of the Faculty of Philosophy and History of The „Paisii Hilendarski“ University of Plovdiv, held between the 15th and the 17th of November 2018. The conference was attended by representatives of all Bulgarian Universities, where Theology is taught, but also was attended by colleagues from related majors - pedagogy, history, philosophy, sociology, art history, history of music, architecture - from Bulgaria and from Russia, Ukraine, Poland, and USA. A separate section was formed, where the scientific and practical contributions of teachers teaching religion took center stage. We begin with „Historical and Contemporary Aspects of Religious Education“, where an attempt is made to describe the current state of the problem and to formulate the main challenges. The section „Religion and Tradition“ includes texts that trace the vivid historical examples of teaching - from the New Testament era to the twentieth century. The central section „Religion and Moral Education“ follows, in which different approaches and results in the work with specific groups and in different historical and social contexts are discussed. The section „Education in Religion and Secular Education – Pedagogical Approaches, Social Realities, Philosophical Projections“ further develops the topic by collecting texts problematizing the place of religion in the general education school and the possible pedagogical, normative and practical cases it raises. The collection ends with the section „Christian art - educational and theological aspects“, where the possibilities of using art as a way to better involve different groups of students in religious education, but also outside it, are presented and discussed. It raises important questions for theology and pedagogy for today‘s world, and offers possible ways to solve them. We hope that this second volume of the series will generate both scientific and public debate and will serve for the better integration of religious education in the Bulgarian school.

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