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XIth - Title to be annouced

2010 Leuvens/Bruges, Belgium

This conference will explore the contribution of Religious Education by teachers, teacher trainers and academics within the framework of key European issues.

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Xth - The contribution of RE to active citizenship

2007 Budapest, Hungary

This conference will consider how Religious Education can contribute to the development for active citizenship in the expanding and plural Europe.

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IXth - RE: educating the whole person

2004 Jarvenpåå, Finland

A look at the way Religious Education contributes to the wider education of the person as human. How RE is an essential part of a wider holistic educational process.

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VIIIth - Handling Truth Claims in the RE Classrooms of Europe

2001 Edinburgh, Scotland

A look at the nature of truth and the delivery and teaching of truth claims to pupils in the classroom. What questions of ethics arise from the teaching of the Philosophy of Religion and the Nature of Truth? The conference also looks at teaching truth claims in the new Europe of the 21st century.

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VIIth - Into the 3rd millennium

1998 Københaven, Denmark 

A look at the state of Religious Education in Europe at the end of the 20th century and an investigation of the place and role of Religious Education within the education system as we enter the 3rd Christian millennium. The conference also considers the place of Religious Education in a multi-faith and multi-cultural Europe.

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VIth - Religious Learning as a Contribution to Changing school into a Workshop of Humanity

1995 Hamburg, Germany 

Mutual Expectations and Reservations in the European Context. "Was kann religiöses Lernen zur Schule als 'Werkstätte der Menschlichkeit' beitragen?" Gegenseitige Erwartungen und Vorbehalte im europäischen Kontext. Tagungsdokumentation (Englisch und Deutsch) in Vorbereitung.

Vth - The Contribution of Religious Education to teaching about the Environment

1992 York, Great Britain

Conference report (in English): Peter Doble and Mary Hayward (Eds.) The Contribution... published 1993, The York National Society RE Centre, University College of Ripon and York St. John, Lord Mayor's Walk, York Y03 7EX (GB)

In Deutsch: Klaus Goßmann, Peter Schreiner (Hg.): Religionsunterricht und Ökologie. Der Beitrag der Weltreligionen zur Umwelterziehung in der Schule, Münster 1994. Bezug: Comenius-Institut, Schreiberstr. 12, D-48149 Münster.

IVth - Narrating for the Future

1989 Heeswijk-Dinther, Netherlands 

Conference report (in English): Narrating for the Future. Vereniging van Godsdienstleerkrachten VGL, Uddel, 1991 / Centrum voor Godsdienstige Vorming CIGV, Postbus 1492, NL 3800 BL Amersfoort / Christelijke Hogeschool Windesheim, Zwolle.

In Dutch: De toekomst verhalen, VGL/CIGV 1991. ISBN 90-73792-01-0.

IIIrd - Man in a Changing World, an Ethical Challenge

1986 Linköping, Sweden 

IInd - Tradition and Renewal: The Images of Language and the Language of Images

1983 Nyborg, Denmark

Conference report (in English): Tradition and Renewal. . . Special Issue of Religion nr. 1 1983 (ISBN 0108~488), Religionslærerforeningen for Gymnasieskolerne og HF 

Ist - New Religious Movements

1980 Helsinki, Finland


Conference report (in English): The Rise of Neo-Religiosity a Challenge to Religious Education in Research Reports on Religious Education, Institute of Practical Theology, University of Helsinki C 1/1 1980 (ISBN 95145-2165-x).


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