Abs, Hermann JosefHermann J. Abs holds the chair for Educational Research and Schooling at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

Behr, Harry Harun
Behr, Harry Harun, Prof. Dr., ist Professor für Erziehungswissenschaft mit Schwerpunkt Islam an der Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main. Seine Schwerpunkte sind die Forschung zu religiösen Positionierungen junger Menschen, die Pädagogik und Anthropologie des Islams und die Fachdidaktik des islamischen Religionsunterrichts.

Gomez Caride, Ezequiel
Ezequiel Gomez Caride is a Historian of Education and currently affiliated to the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina and (USI) Universidad de San Isidro "Dr. Plácido Marín" in Argentina.

Hahn-Laudenberg, Katrin
Katrin Hahn-Laudenberg is currently carrying out the duties of a deputy professorship at the department of Social Sciences at the University of Wuppertal, Germany.

Kirsch, Anja
Anja Kirsch is a post-doctoral researcher and a habilitation candidate in the science of religion at the University of Basel, Switzerland.

Käbisch, David
Kabisch, David, Prof. Dr., Professor fur Religionspadagogik und Didaktik des evangelischen Religionsunterrichts am Fachbereich Evangelische Theologie der Goethe Universitat Frankfurt am Main.

Lindmark, Daniel
Daniel Lindmark is Professor of Church History at the Faculty of Arts and Professor of History and Education at Umeå School of Education, Sweden.

Raftery, Deirdre
Deirdre Raftery is Professor at the University College Dublin, Irland, with expertise in Cultural History, History of Religion and Educational Policy.

Schweitzer, Friedrich
Friedrich Schweitzer, Dr., Professor für Praktische Theologie/Religionspädagogik, Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät, Universität Tübingen. Friedrich Schweitzer is professor of practical theology / religious education at the Protestant Faculty of Theology, Tübingen, Germany.

Stimac, Zrinka
Zrinka Stimac is a researcher in the science of religion. She joined the Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research (GEI) in Braunschweig, Germany, and coordinates the research field 'Religious Change and Societal Diversity'.

Religious education is always a local or regional practice. This is evident in the studies in the present volume on religion and education. The Production and the transfer of knowledge in this field are particular and take place in certain historical contexts, so that both can be understood as historical processes.With regard to these theoretical assumptions, the authors of the present volume deliver case studies concerning religious education research in Germany, Ireland, Sweden, Argentina, as well as other countries.

Religious education is always a local or regional practice. This is evident in the studies in the present volume on religion and education. The Production and the transfer of knowledge in this field are particular and take place in certain historical contexts, so that both can be understood as historical processes.With regard to these theoretical assumptions, the authors of the present volume deliver case studies concerning religious education research in Germany, Ireland, Sweden, Argentina, as well as other countries. Several questions from these contributions might be relevant for further studies: Is religion being underrated in educational research? Is education, on the other hand, being underrated in religious studies? Do these questions depend on national traditions in educational as well as religious research? Are there transnational exchanges between countries through networks, guilds and media? And finally, what might be the additional benefits of such research compared to international comparative studies?