Religious Education

Year 2013, Volume: 2 Issue: 3, 136 - 150, 01.09.2013

Abdulkadir Çekin

Abstract

In this encyclopedia article, having short introduction about problematic subjects of religious education in a pluralist society, firstly two different approaches (education in religion and education about religion) to religious education evaluated in terms of aim, content and acquisition. In the remaining of the article, informal different patterns of provision in religious education for supplementing to the religious education courses in schools and understandings and practices of six great religions (Hinduism, Sikhism Buddhism, Islam, Judaism and Christianity) about religious education stated in briefly. Finally, it was expressed the writer’s opinions about future prospects for religious education in western countries. Bu yazı, “Encyclopedia of Religion, Editor in chief: Lindsay Jones, 2nd ed., Thomson Gale, 2005” künyeli ansiklopedinin 11. cildinde (7731-7736) yer alan Religious Education başlıklı maddenin çevirisidir. ** Yrd. Doç. Dr., Kastamonu Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi, [e-mail]

Keywords

Religion, education, religious education, pluralism, school.

Din Eğitimi

Abstract

Çoğulcu bir toplumda din eğitimi ile ilgili problematik alanlar üzerinden konuya kısa bir girişin yapıldığı bu ansiklopedi maddesinde; iki farklı din eğitimi yaklaşımı (dinsel eğitim ve din hakkında eğitim) hedef, içerik ve kazanım açısından değerlendirilmekte, okullardaki din eğitimine hazırlık olması amacıyla farklı şekillerdeki informal eğitim türleri ele alınmakta, Hinduizm, Sihizm, Budizm, İslam, Yahudilik ve Hıristiyanlığın din eğitimi ile ilgili tarihi ve güncel uygulamaları kısaca aktarılmaktadır. Yazıda ayrıca yazar, batı ülkelerinde din eğitiminin geleceğine ilişkin bazı değerlendirmelerini de ifade etmektedir.

Keywords

Din, eğitim, din eğitimi, çoğulculuk, okul.

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