School of Religious Education
Spiritual, Moral and Religious Education is a key area for Teaching and Research in Australian Catholic University

Presentations by visiting international scholars in Religious Education

A number of international scholars have visited the School of Religious Education in 2002 and 2003. They worked with academic staff and research students. They also made public presentations as illustrated below.

In addition, there are comments on contemporary issues for Religious Education from a number of international scholars at the International Seminar on Religious Education and Values, in Kristiansand, Norway, July 2002.

Commitment and neutrality: A Dilemma for Religious Education?
Dr Trevor Cooling, Director the Stapleford Centre for Christian Education, Nottingham, and Special Lecturer in Education, The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

What makes a school 'Catholic'? A symposium on Catholic schooling and religious education
Professor Thomas H Groome, Professor of Theology and Religious Education at the Institute Pastoral Ministry and Religious Education, Boston College, USA.

Transgression, Transformation and Enlightenment: he Trickster as Poet and Teacher
Professor James Conroy, Head Department of Religious Education, the University of Glasgow

 

Bridging the Divides: A Christian Brief for Values Education in Schools
Professor Brian V Hill, Emeritus Professor of Education, Murdoch University, Western Australia



Defining the Ethos of the Catholic School: The contemporary Irish experience
Dr Andrew McGrady, Director of the Centre for Research in Religion and Education, Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin City University, Ireland
Professor Mary Elizabeth Mullino Moore is Director of the Program for Women in Theology and Ministry, and Professor of Religion and Education, Candler School of Theology, Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) USA. Lecture on Beyond Violence
Professor Herman Lombaerts from the School of Theology, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. Lectures on his Hermeneutic Communicative model for Religious Education    
Click here to see and hear comments from a number of international scholars at this conference in 2002 Streaming video files can be viewed.

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