Prospects for Religious Education: Science of Religion as a new paradigm

Authors

  • Afonso Maria Ligorio Soares
  • Robson Stigar

Keywords:

Science of Religion, Epistemology, Religious Education, Paradigm

Abstract

This paper presents the controversy situation of Religious Education discipline at school, in front of Religious Pluralism, the secular State and other variables, with the Religious Education this before a malaise. Therefore we present the Science of Religion as a new paradigm for this curricular component, both for the definition of content, teacher training and the very naming replacement of “Religious Education” with “Science of Religion”.

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Published

2016-04-30

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2016): Para além das imanências – Homenagem a Afonso M. L. Soares

Section

Diálogos

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