The intercultural and multi-religious situation in Europe demands a re-evaluation of the existing educational systems in particular countries as well as new thinking at the broader European level. This book series, started in 2006, is committed to the investigation and reflection on the changing role of religion and education in Europe. Books in the series are concerned with empirical research with young people, teachers, teacher trainers and policy makers. The series also includes works contributing to scholarship and theory, which reflect on fundamental issues and develop new perspectives for better policy making and pedagogy, especially in relation to classroom practice. The publishing policy of the series is to focus on the importance of strengthening pluralist democracies through stimulating the development of active citizenship and fostering greater mutual understanding through intercultural education. It pays special attention to the educational challenges of religious diversity.  Read More..


There can be few, if any, series of academic books focusing on the theory and practice of religious education (RE) that have been so prolific as this series from Waxmann. All but two of the titles so far have been in English and readers of the BJRE will already be familiar with several of them. If the quantity and frequency of these studies are somewhat breathtaking, one can only admire the quality that has been achieved throughout the series – and also the accessible price at which the publisher has managed to make each volume available. When distance permits some retrospective evaluation of the whole series, one suspects that it will be seen as a very significant process in the development of academic thought on the place of religion in contemporary educational practice in Europe.
Norman Richardson in British Journal of Religious Education Vol. 32, No. 3, 2010.