Articles about Hermeneutics
For the classroom 11-16
12 things to do for texty RE
Professor Bob Bowie of Christ Church University, Canterbury, wants RE to take the skills of interpretation more seriously, and use the methods of hermeneutics, the study of interpretation. Here are some ways to make it...
Theory and practice
Doing RE hermeneutically: learning to become interpreters of religion
Have you sometimes felt that traditional – including biblical – stories have been ‘tamed’ through historical retelling? If so, adopting a hermeneutical approach could lead to some interesting and arresting...