Issues in religious education / edited by Lynne Broadbent and Alan Brown.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [218]-227) and index.

The statutory requirements for Religious Education 1988-2001: religious, political and social influences / Alan Brown -- A rationale for Religious Education / Lynne Broadbent -- Religious Education in church schools / John Bailey -- Commitment and indoctrination: a dilemma for Religious Education? / Trevor Cooling -- Issues in the teaching of Religious Education: assessing achievement in RE from early years to 'A' level / John Keast -- Inspecting Religious Education: can inspections improve Religious Education? / Jan Thompson -- Religious education in the European context / Peter Schreiner -- How far do programmes for RE relate to the social and psychological development of pupils? Development through Religious Education / Brian Gates -- Ethnography and Religious Education / Eleanor Nesbitt -- Not 'either-or', more a case of 'both-and': towards an inclusive gender strategy for Religious Education / Dinah Hanlon -- Religious Education and pupils with special needs: a dialogue / Lynne Broadbent and Alan Brown -- The birth of a new Religious Studies at post-16 / Arthur Giles -- The contribution of Religious Education to whole school initiatives / Lynne Broadbent -- Is Religious Education and ethical and moral debate a contradiction? / Peter Vardy -- Embodying the spirit: realising RE's potential in the spiritual dimension of the curriculum / John Hammond -- Religious Education and collective worship: bedfellows or just good friends? / Geoff Marshall-Taylor -- World religions: the boundaries of belief and unbelief / John Bowker.