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AULRE 2025: To Boldly Go Open

Stephen J. McKinney, Sean Whittle · 2025

‘…education bears within itself a seed of hope’ Pope Francis, preferential option for the poor and the Global Compact on Education Open

Stephen J. McKinney · 2025

This article provides an initial exploration of the links between the understanding of Pope Francis on the preferential option for the poor and the descriptions of the seven commitments in the Global Compact on Education. The preferential …

Poverty Experienced by Initial Teacher Education Students in Scotland Open

Evelyn McLaren, Lindsay Gibson, Stephen J. McKinney · 2025

There are significant levels of poverty and child poverty in Scotland and research has focussed on the impact of poverty on school education. However, there is more limited research on the impact of poverty on students in higher education …

AULRE 2024: RE futures? Open

Stephen J. McKinney, Sean Whittle · 2024

‘your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground’ Ignacio Ellacuría, S.J. on the role of the Catholic university Open

Stephen J. McKinney · 2024

The assassination of Ignacio Ellacuría and seven others at the Universidad Centroamericana José Simeon Cañas (UCA) in San Salvador in 1989 has had a deep and profound impact on the world-wide Jesuit community and the Catholic Church. His p…

Cristo Rey Schools and the Preferential Option for the Poor Open

Julie Robinson, Pauline Cooney, Stephen J. McKinney · 2024

Cristo Rey schools are a unique and distinctive form of Jesuit education. They have been very successful since the mid 1990s and are deemed to be coherent with Jesuit educational principles and the preferential option for the poor. They ar…

I was a stranger and you welcomed me. Stella Maris: chaplaincy to seafarers Open

Stephen J. McKinney, M. M. Wheeler, Joseph O’Donnell · 2024

An important form of chaplaincy is the mission for seafarers. Since the 19th century, various charitable organisations have provided physical and spiritual support for seafarers when their ships are berthed. This article examines the histo…

AULRE 2023: Theory, policy and practice in RE—is this a time of divergence? Open

Stephen J. McKinney, Sean Whittle · 2023

Voices of young people in the Synod Open

Stephen J. McKinney · 2023

The absence of young people in Catholic churches in many parts of the world, especially in the more economically advanced countries, is a cause for great anxiety within Catholic communities. This is expressed in relevant research literatur…

Back matter Open

Morag Redford, Joseph Smith, Robert Doherty, Duncan P. Mercieca, Gale Macleod , et al. · 2023

Beyond the Pandemic – Poverty and School Education in Scotland Open

Stephen J. McKinney, Archie Graham, Stuart Hall, Katie Hunter, Angela Jaap , et al. · 2023

The introduction of Universal Credit and the effects of the economic crisis precipitated by the Covid-19 pandemic, compounded by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, have all contributed to a rise in the levels of poverty and child poverty in …

Applied Catholic Social Teaching: Preferential option for the poor and Catholic schools Open

Stephen J. McKinney · 2023

Many of the Catholic schools established in the nineteenth century had an explicit mission to the poor. This mission was integral to the aims of Catholic schools, aims that included promoting literacy and numeracy and ensuring the inculcat…

Catholic education and social justice in Europe Open

Stephen J. McKinney · 2023

This article focuses on two major issues in contemporary Catholic social justice: care for the poor and the inclusion of migrants and refugees. The care for the poor is examined in the gospels and in the contemporary articulation of the pr…

AULRE 2022 Open

Stephen J. McKinney, Sean Whittle · 2022

The 2022 AULRE conference was held at Newman University Birmingham on 12 and 13 May.The conference returned to a physical face-to-face format after two years of online delivery.This was very warmly welcomed by the members of AULRE and the …

‘…and yet there’s still no peace’ Catholic Indigenous Residential Schools in Canada Open

Stephen J. McKinney · 2022

Pope Francis met representatives of the Indigenous peoples of Canada in Rome in April 2022 and in Canada in July 2022. At these meetings he offered sincere apologies for the ways in which the Catholic Church had colluded with the strategy …

Cost and Affordability of School Uniform and Child Poverty Open

Rachel Shanks, Stephen J. McKinney · 2022

Although there are no attendance or registration fees in the UK for publicly funded school education there are hidden costs in attending compulsory education. This article investigates one of the hidden costs: school uniform. We investigat…

Child poverty and the challenges for Catholic schools in the post-pandemic era Open

Stephen J. McKinney · 2022

Decolonising curriculum in education: continuing proclamations and provocations Open

Richard Race, Pere Ayling, Dorrie Chetty, Nasima Hassan, Stephen J. McKinney , et al. · 2022

There is no denying the importance and increased significance of interest in decolonisation in education and the wider social sciences. This article aims to bring a continuing contribution to an evolving and important discussion. The metho…

AULRE 2021 Open

Stephen J. McKinney, Sean Whittle · 2021

Mary, woman of faith and displaced person: insights for Catholic schools Open

Stephen J. McKinney · 2021

The mission of the Catholic school and the preferential option for the poor Open

Stephen J. McKinney · 2021

The chapter begins with an evaluation of the contribution of Professor Grace to the promotion of the preferential option for the poor in Catholic schools. This is followed by a concise overview of the origins and development of the prefere…

Poverty and education in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic: Editorial Open

Stephen J. McKinney · 2021

Young carers and Covid-19 Open

Stephen J. McKinney · 2021

The challenges of digital exclusion Open

Stephen J. McKinney, Stuart Hall, Kevin Lowden · 2021

Interpretations of the Education (Scotland) Act of 1872 Open

Stephen J. McKinney, Walter Humes · 2021

This article discusses the ways in which the 1872 Act, often perceived as landmark legislation in the history of Scottish education, has been interpreted by historians. In pursuing this aim, the article examines celebratory and critical na…

The Catholic and Episcopal Churches and the Education Act (Scotland) 1872 Open

Stephen J. McKinney, Roger Edwards · 2021

The Education (Scotland) Act 1872 offered the different Christian denominational schools the opportunity to transfer their schools and become non-denominational Board schools. This option was rejected by the Catholic and Episcopal churches…

From the Guest Editors Open

Walter Humes, Stephen J. McKinney · 2021

mark the centenary of the Education (Scotland) Act of 1872, regarded as one of the most significant pieces of legislation in the nation's educational history.That assessment remains valid today and it is fitting that the 150 th anniversary…

The visible poor and food poverty Open

Stephen J. McKinney · 2021

The expression the ‘visible poor’ is often used to refer to homeless people living and sleeping rough in the United Kingdom. This article will argue that there are other signs of the visible poor that are related to food poverty, or food i…

Learning from lockdown Open

Stephen J. McKinney, Stuart Hall, Kevin Lowden · 2021

AULRE 2020: RE Matters Open

Sean Whittle, Stephen J. McKinney · 2020

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