The book “Designs of Meaning. Religious Educational Research under Construction” has been published as the sixth volume in the series “Ambiguities, Identities, Designs of Meaning” as an open access title. Edited by Prof. Bert Roebben, Dr. Marina Kiroudi, and Barbara Niedermann, the book addresses the question of how religious education can be rethought and redesigned in the context of a changing society.
Against the backdrop of a society in transition, the school subject “religious education” is called upon to position itself anew. Children and young people are struggling with challenges in their environment and existential questions in their lives. Shaping the future requires the strengthening of their moral agency and spiritual resilience. What “designs of meaning” can religious education provide or which ones do the students themselves bring with them? What hermeneutic and didactic skills do teachers need to create powerful learning environments?
This volume offers a sampling of research carried out at the Chair of Religious Education in the Faculty of Catholic Theology of the University of Bonn. At the same time, the book is a contribution to the theological discussion on the significance of “designs of meaning” (Sinnentwürfe) in the context of experiences of ambiguity and the search for identity. Further information and open access can be found here.