The 11th Nordic Conference of Religious Education will take place at the Faculty of Theology, Aarhus University. We welcome researchers, practitioners and others interested in religious education to contribute in exploring the conference theme.
The focus of the 2011 NCRE conference will be on different ways of understanding and approaching Religious Education (RE) in a modern context. During the last decades, the field of RE has become polarized. While some have advocated for religious formation and socialization to be the core intention with this area of education, others have rather highlighted communication of knowledge and critical information. Whichever position one supports, the framework of RE is to some extent dictated by governmental control. Different positions will be given the floor during this conference, opening up for discussions on differences and/or concordances on what the task of RE should be in a globalized future.