Religious Education from a Critical Realist Perspective

This book examines the possibility and necessity of critical thinking in religious education through the lenses of critical realism and the Christian doctrine of sensus fidei (â€~sense of faith’).

List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1. Critical Thinking in Catholic Religious Education 2. Critical Realism and Catholic Christianity 3. A Critical Realist Account of Critical Thinking 4. An Empirical Investigation of Teacher Epistemologies 5. A Case for a Critical Realist Catholic Religious Epistemology 6. Catholic Religious Critical Thinking as the Exercise of Sensus Fidei Conclusion Appendix Works Cited Index