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Can Cosmopolitanism Work Religiously? A Response to David T. Hansen
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Ghiloni, Aaron J. – Religious Education, 2017
This response to David T. Hansen's 2016 plenary address to the Religious Education Association tests the viability of educational cosmopolitanism for religious education. Using a Deweyan methodology of understanding an idea through its consequences, Hansen's proposal is analyzed using dialogues with interreligious and Islamic pedagogies. The…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Educational Philosophy, Islam, Teaching Methods
Muhammad, Education, and Finitude
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Ghiloni, Aaron J. – Religious Education, 2016
Biographies of Prophet Muhammad extol his distinguished life, noting his achievements as a healer, diplomat, and general. Among these successes, it is especially as a teacher that Muhammad's exemplarity shines through. However, Muhammad's educational leadership arose not only out of his considerable capacities but also out of his limitations.…
Descriptors: Biographies, Islam, Illiteracy, History
Interreligious Education: What Would Dewey Do?
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Ghiloni, Aaron J. – Religious Education, 2011
This article explores interreligious education from the perspective of John Dewey's educational philosophy. Keenly aware that twentieth-century individuals and societies would have an expanding plurality of experiences, Dewey proposed a democratic educational philosophy able to account for life in a pluralistic world. Three interconnected themes…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Democratic Values, Religious Education, Interpersonal Communication