Sean Whittle is a Visiting Research Fellow at Heythrop College, University of London, and a Research Associate with the Centre for Research and Development in Catholic Education at St Mary’s University in Twickenham. He also works part-time as a secondary school RE teacher at Gumley House FCJ Catholic School in West London. He is the author of A Theory of Catholic Education (2014) and the editor of Vatican II and New Thinking about Catholic Education (2016). He recently collaborated with other academics in the field to create the Network for Researchers in Catholic Education.
«Anyone who thinks research in Catholic schools and religious education is monochrome, intellectually narrow or unchanging will be surprised by this volume. It attests to the rapidly changing UK and Ireland contexts, along with a broadening and deepening of insights from scholars working in diverse research disciplines. This excellent collection significantly contributes to the growing body of scholarship that is rediscovering the centrality of Scripture for the education of the child. It shows how encounters with the Word in schools are an intellectual adventure to be nurtured by scholarship, as well as a site of personal spiritual development and an opportunity for all children to be enriched.» (Robert A. Bowie, Director of the National Institute of Christian Education Research, Canterbury Christ Church University)