This handbook provides comprehensive information about all the important topics in religious education: from the positioning of religious teaching in schools, models and protagonists in religious education, and typical forms of religious learning through to the specific planning and implementation of religious lessons. The essays included also address completely new topics such as inclusive education and virtual learning. They provide answers to basic questions in religious education theory and at the same time offer practical guidance& always taking into account the latest state of the art in Protestant and Catholic religious teaching. An indispensable companion for study courses and exam preparation, as well as for practical work in schools!

Prof. Ulrich Kropac holds the Chair for Education in Religious Doctrine, Catechetics and Religious Education in the Faculty of Theology at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. Prof. Ulrich Riegel teaches practical theology and religious education at the University of Siegen.