Section 1 : Understanding Catholic education --P︣hilosophy of Catholic education / John Sullivan --L︣ifelong faith development in the homes, parish and other educational environments / Gareth Byrne --C︣atechumenate as 'inspiration for all catechesis' / Jane E. Regan --S︣pirituality of teaching and learning / Amalee Meehan --S︣ection 2 : Reading foundational documents and texts --C︣reative use of the Bible in religious education / Anne O'Leary --G︣uiding principles from the General directory for catechesis / Thomas H. Groome --N︣ostra aetate and religious education / Dermot A. Lane --J︣unior and senior certificate syllabi : background, issues and challenges / Vince Murray --S︣ection 3 : Catholic education as inclusive education at the heart of Europe --R︣eligious education from a European perspective / Peter Schreiner --L︣earning in difference : inter-religious learning in the secondary school / Bert Roebben --H︣ow world religions teach religion / Joseph McCann --I︣nvisibility and inclusivity : approaches to religious difference in schools / Patricia Kieran --C︣atholic religious education in Ireland / Patrick M. Devitt --C︣atholic religious education in Northern Ireland / Sharon Haughey --C︣atholic religious education in England and Wales / David Roberts --C︣atholic religious education in Scotland / Roisi℗þn Coll and Robert A. Davis --S︣ection 4 : Practising Catholic religious education --'︣Come and see' : the processes of catechesis / Anne Hession --E︣arly childhood and Catholic religious education / Maurice Ryan --H︣ands up in the air : creative prayer with children / Ed Hone and Roisi℗þn Coll --V︣oices from the Catholic primary school classroom / Fiona Dineen --A︣ct of judgement in religious education : light from Newman, Lonergan, Giussani and Groome / Raymond Topley --E︣ducating faithful Christians in a dissenting world / Thomas H. Groome --B︣eyond sheep and goats : from judgement to assessment in religious education / Anne Looney --S︣ection 5 : Ministering in a Catholic school --R︣ole of religion in the curriculum of a Catholic school / Andrew G. McGrady --M︣anaging the Catholic school / Joseph McCann --S︣acraments of initiation : how we come to belong! / Maeve Mahon.

"With great change comes great challenges. One of the major challenges facing European citizens is living in an intercultural and inter-religious society. This book explores how Catholic Religious Education has developed a discourse of inclusion and respect for otherness while simultaneously recognising the distinctive challenges and identity of the Catholic faith tradition." "Post 9/11, many European governments appreciate that religion must be taken seriously at a political and legislative level. Significant developments indicate that religion and Religious Education are not marginal to social, legislative and educational endeavours in Europe." "This book profiles some new initiatives in intercultural and inter-faith education that place Religious Education firmly at the heart of Europe. Religious traditions, with their emphasis on shared values, social responsibility and the common good, contribute to inter-faith cooperation and inter-religious dialogue and have something very positive to offer today's Europe." --Book Jacket.