Religionspädagogik (RP), as the German technical term designating the science of ¶ religious education or pedagogics, is first attested in 1889 in the writings of Max Reischle (1858–1905), a disciple of A. Ritschl (Bockwoldt, 9f.). The first professorship for (Protestant) RP was instituted in 1924 in Göttingen (Roggenkamp-Kaufmann, 119f.). The term denotes “a ‘modern’ German science situated between theolo…
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Grethlein, Christian,
Ziebertz, Hans-Georg and
Schreiner, Peter,
“Religious Education, Science of”, in:
Religion Past and Present.
Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_COM_024592>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013