Liam Gearon Knihy

A comprehensive guide to religious education, ensuring a solid foundation for supporting effective learning and teaching.

The book critiques the growing trend of secularism that dismisses religion as a harmful delusion, a perspective that has gained traction since the Enlightenment. It challenges the assumptions behind this secular agenda, advocating for the inclusion of religious ideas and individuals in education and public discourse. By arguing that excluding religion is undemocratic and imprudent, the author seeks to highlight the importance of religious perspectives in fostering a more inclusive society.

Focusing on the theory and practice of religious education, this critical review offers a fresh perspective and challenges educators, theorists, and researchers globally. It examines the complexities of religious education, encouraging a deeper understanding and engagement with its principles. The book aims to provoke thought and inspire change in educational approaches, making it a significant resource for those involved in the field.

How Archbishop Oscar Romero risked his life by speaking out for the rights and just treatment of the poor in El Salvador, which led to his assassination in 1980.

The Fires at Max Gate, Professor Dante Blythe’s biography of Thomas Hardy (1840–1928), would not be the last word on the Victorian novelist. There was always room for more speculation. Yet, any material evidence of controversy was burned in the author’s garden at Max Gate, Thomas Hardy’s residence since 1885. The fires, destroying all personal papers of a writer who became as controversial as he was acclaimed, were ignited initially by Hardy late in 1927 and, early in 1928, after the author’s death by his second wife, Florence.Two things obsessed Blythe about Hardy: why had Hardy ceased writing novels at the heart of his literary fame in 1885, just as he and his first wife, Emma, moved into Max Gate? And what, nearly half a century later just before his death, was the last of the great Victorians trying to hide in those fires in the garden of Max Gate? Blythe’s long-held hunch is of a connection between the end of a novel-writing career and the fires.Blythe’s tenacious investigation takes him back into his own history and to his first love, Beatrice Lambe, and to where they had first met one winter’s night beside that lake on those stately grounds of Clay Castle.

The transcripted conversations that represent the substance of this volume are the result of a research project funded by the United Kingdom's Arts and Humanities Research Council. This book represents a physical and political-theological journey around England and provides a snapshot of how religious leaders and authority figures respond to contemporary issues of freedom of expression.