"Critical thinking" as a Component of interreligious Learning? Reflections in the Context of Protestant Theology and Religious Education

"Critical thinking" as a Component of interreligious Learning?

Reflections in the Context of Protestant Theology and Religious Education

Authors

  • Joachim Willems Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25364/10.32:2024.2.4

Keywords:

Critical Thinking, Interreligious Learning, truth claims, religious statements

Abstract

This article draws on Dirk Jahn's and Michael Cursio's understanding of Critical Thinking for the Didactics of interreligious Learning. To this end, a distinction is made between falsifiable statements about religion, non-falsifiable statements about religion and non-falsifiable religious statements. This distinction makes it possible to examine religious truth and validity claims and to structure interreligious communication.

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Published

2024-11-18

How to Cite

Willems, J. (2024) “‘Critical thinking’ as a Component of interreligious Learning? Reflections in the Context of Protestant Theology and Religious Education”, Austrian Journal of Religious Education, 32(2), pp. 43–57. doi: 10.25364/10.32:2024.2.4.
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