Dimensions of hermeneutical research in religious education. Methodological foundations

直到20世纪80年代，宗教教育的研究主要是解释学和历史研究方法。从20世纪90年代起，经验方法越来越多地被整合和方法论上的反思，没有一个类似的方法论讨论发生在宗教教育研究的诠释学层面。因此，在今天的宗教教育和诠释学研究中，仍然可以看到一个关于宗教教育诠释学研究方法论的相应需求。申请的网络致力于这一迫切需要，旨在巩固和进一步发展宗教教育研究的诠释学层面。该网络将汇集来自新教、天主教和伊斯兰宗教教育的学者，因为这是整个宗教教育研究领域的一个根本挑战。该网络计划共举行五次工作会议，其中两次工作会议除该网络七个常任成员外，还将邀请六、七名嘉宾参加，以跨学科方式拓宽和补充该专题的视野。该网络的目标是：（1）通过探索和讨论宗教教育和解释学的基本历史和语义结构以及质量标准，并制定可能的方法设置，为宗教教育和解释学的研究奠定特定学科的基础。(2)加强宗教教育和诠释学研究的跨学科联系，特别是在术语和研究方法方面。(3)以手册的形式公布结果，将于2024年底出版。该出版物旨在为宗教教育研究中的解释学工作提供基础，提供方向并增加其跨学科的合法性。在研究战略方面，该手册旨在促进制定和加强宗教教育研究的标准，也涉及第三方供资和评估。

Until the 1980s, studies in religious education were dominated by hermeneutical and historical research approaches. From the 1990s onwards, empirical methods were increasingly integrated and methodologically reflected upon, without a comparable methodological discussion taking place with regard to hermeneutical dimensions of religious education research. Thus, a corresponding desideratum regarding a research methodology of hermeneutical research in religious education can still be discerned today in research on religious education and hermeneutics. The network applied for is dedicated to this desideratum and aims at a methodological consolidation and further development of the hermeneutical dimensions of research in religious education. The network will bring together scholars from Protestant, Catholic and Islamic Religious Education, as this is a fundamental challenge for the entire field of religious education studies. A total of five working meetings of the network are planned, whereby six or seven guests in addition to the seven permanent members of the network will be invited to two working meetings to broaden and complement the horizon of the topic in an interdisciplinary way. Important reference sciences are the educational sciences, the theologies and other (subject specific) didactics.The network aims at:(1) a subject-specific foundation for research in religious education and hermeneutics by exploring and discussing their basic historical and semantic structures as well as quality criteria and developing possible methodological settings.(2) strengthening the interdisciplinary connectivity of research in religious education and hermeneutics, especially with regard to terminology and research methodology. (3) the publication of the results in the form of a handbook to be published at the end of 2024. The publication is intended to provide a basis for hermeneutical work in religious education studies, to give orientation and to increase its interdisciplinary legitimacy. In terms of research strategy, the handbook is intended to contribute to the development and strengthening of standards in religious education research, also with regard to third-party funding and evaluation.