Professionalism, confessionalism and religious education: an exploration from the British context

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Cooling, T. 1994. Professionalism, confessionalism and religious education: an exploration from the British context. in: Astley, J. and Francis, L. (ed.) Critical Perspectives on Christian Education: A Reader on the Aims, Principles and Philosophy of Christian Education Leominster Gracewing. pp. 153-168

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Authors	Cooling, T.
Editors	Astley, J. and Francis, L.
Page range	153-168
Year	1994
Book title	Critical Perspectives on Christian Education: A Reader on the Aims, Principles and Philosophy of Christian Education
Publisher	Gracewing
Output status	Published
Place of publication	Leominster
ISBN	0852442548
Print	1994
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