Description: English summary: This volume is a traditional portrait of the basics of religious education and provides as well an overview of the present state of the art of pedagogical and didactic theories in the teaching of religion. In its now 7th and completely revised edition this compendium also offers the theoretical and structural background for many practical suggestions for transferring this knowledge in the classroom. It provides information on the central themes surrounding the Bible, church history, theology, dogmatics, ethics and ecumenical matters. German description: Der Band vermittelt in bewahrter Weise Basiswissen und bietet einen informativen Uberblick uber den gegenwartigen Stand religionspadagogischer und religionsdidaktischer Theoriebildung. Das Kompendium entfaltet in seiner 7., grundlegend neu bearbeiteten und erganzten Auflage neben theoretischen Grundlagen auch fachdidaktische Umsetzungsmoglichkeiten. Biblische, systematische und religionswissenschaftliche Themen werden dabei gleichermassen behandelt.
Brief description: Dr. Martin Rothgangel is Professor of Religious Education at the Protestant Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna.