School of Religious Education

 

Comments from Religious Education scholars from around the world who were attending the International Seminar on Religious Education and Vaues, at Kristiansand in Norway, July 2002. The scholars responded to the question, "What do you consider to be some of the main issues to be faced in Religious Education in your country?"

Rev. Professor
Jeff Astley

ENGLAND UK

Present Position
Director North of England Institute
for Christian Education
Honorary Professional Fellow in Practical Theology and Christian Education University of Durham

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Rev.
Trond Enger

NORWAY

Present Position
Associate Professor
Ostfold College
School of Education
N-1783 Halden
NO

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Rev. Professor
Leslie Francis

WALES UK

Present Position
Director of the Welsh National Centre for Religious Education
Normal Site
University of Wales Bangor
Gwynedd LL57 2PX
Wales UK

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Professor Dr.
Hans-Gunter Heimbrock

GERMANY

Present Position
Prof for Practical Theology and Religious Education
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat
Gruneburgplatz 1
D-60323 Frankfurt
Germany

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Professor
John Hull
ENGLAND UK

Present Position
Professor of Religious Education
School of Education
The University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham B15 2TT UK

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Professor
Paul Isaak

NAMIBIA

Present Position
Professor and Head of Dept of Religion and Theology
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
University of Namibia

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Professor
Robert Jackson

ENGLAND UK

Present Position
Professor and Director of
Warwick Religious and Education Research Unit in the Institute of Education University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL UK

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Professor
Yaacov Katz

ISRAEL

Present Position
Chair Pedagogic Secretariat
Ministry of Education Israel and Director of Institute of Community Education and Research
School of Education
Bar-Ilan University Israel

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Heid Leganger-Krogstad
NORWAY

Present Position
Assistant Professor in
Religious Education
Faculty of Education
Univerisity of Oslo
PO Box 1099
Blindern
N-0317 Oslo Norway

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Doctor
Andrew McGrady

IRELAND

Present Position
Co-ordinator
Centre for Research in Religion and Education (CRRE)
Academic Director of ICT
Mater Dei Institute of Education
Dublin Ireland

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Professor Dr.
Siebren Miedema

THE NETHERLANDS

Present Position
Hendrik Pierson Professor for Christian Education and Professor for Religious Education Faculty of Theology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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Doctor
Gabriel Moran

USA

Present Position
Director
New York University
Humanities and Socialk Sciences
Kimball Hall
New York USA

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Professor Dr.
Friedrich Schweitzer

GERMANY

Present Position
Professor of Religious Education and Practical Theology
Evang-theol. Seminar
University of Tubingen
Liebermeisterstr. 12
727076 Tubingen Germany

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Doctor
Howard Summers

SOUTH AFRICA

Present Position
Education Consultant
P.O. Box 141
Auckland Park
Johannesburg
South Africa 2006

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Rev. Dr.
Kasonga wa Kasonga

KENYA

Present Position
The African Association
of Christian Churches

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Mr.
Abdullah Sahin

TURKEY

Present Position
Doctoral student from Turkey,
Studying at the University of Birmingham UK

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Dr.Anta Filipsone and Dr. Dzintra Ilisko
LATVIA

Present Positions
Dzintra teaches at Daugavpils University, a teacher's college in eastern Latvia while Anta teaches at the University of Latvia in Riga. Both plan to design gender inclusive and religiously diverse programs. At present they are investigating the possibilities for Religious Education in Latvian Schools

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Dr.
Doret J. de Ruyter

NETHERLANDS/SCOTLAND

Present Position
Senior Researcher
Dept. of Religious Education
University of Glasgow
Scotland UK

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Dr.
Arto Kallioniemi

FINLAND

Present Position
Dept. of Religious Education
University of Helsinki
Finland

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