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1. Hand, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1643-8213 and Parker, Stephen (2022) Introduction. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 56 (5). pp. 641-644. ISSN 0309-8249 (print); 1467-9752 (web)
2. Parker, Stephen (2022) Religion and worldviews: the debate continues. Journal of Beliefs & Values, 43 (3). pp. 237-238. ISSN Print ISSN: 1361-7672 Online ISSN: 1469-9362
3. Parker, Stephen (2021) Children’s subjectivity and agency in religious education (Editorial). Journal of Beliefs and Values, 42 (3). pp. 277-278. ISSN 1361-7672
4. Parker, Stephen (2021) New directions in Religious and Values education : International perspectives. Religion, Education and Values . Peter Lang, Oxford. ISBN 978-1-78997-878-0
5. Parker, Stephen (2021) Introduction: Tracing the Origins of the Modern Concept of Religious Education in Schools. In: New directions in Religious and Values education : International Perspectives. Religion, Education and Values . Peter Lang, Oxford, pp. 1-15. ISBN 978-1-78997-878-0
6. Parker, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4227-8804 (2020) Editorial: reforming religious education. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 41 (3). pp. 253-254. ISSN 1361-7672
7. Parker, Stephen (2020) Religious literacy: spaces of teaching and learning about religion and belief. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 41 (2). pp. 129-131. ISSN 1361-7672
8. Parker, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4227-8804 and Freathy, R. (2020) The Church of England and religious education during the twentieth century. In: The Church of England and British Politics since 1900. Studies in Modern British Religious History . Boydell & Brewer, Martlesham, Suffolk, UK. ISBN 9781783274680 (hardback) 9781787448209 (ebook)
9. Parker, Stephen, Allen, S. and Freathy, R. (2020) The Church of England and the 1870 Elementary Education Act. British Journal of Educational Studies, 68 (5). pp. 541-565. ISSN Print: 0007-1005 Online: 1467-8527
10. Parker, Stephen, Lewin, D. and Raftery, D. (2019) Religion and Education: Framing and Mapping a Field. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-41295-8
11. Parker, Stephen, Berglund, J., Lewin, D. and Raftery, D. (2019) Religion and Education: Framing and Mapping a Field. Brill Research Perspectives in Religion and Education, 1 (1). pp. 1-86. ISSN 2589-5303
12. Crutchley, J., Parker, Stephen and Roberts, S. (2019) Sight, Sound and Text in the History of Education. Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group), London. ISBN Hardback: 9780367194710
13. Parker, Stephen (2018) The Commission on Religious Education’s Final Report: Brief Remarks. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 39 (4). pp. 397-398. ISSN Print: 1361-7672 Online: 1469-9362
14. Parker, Stephen (2018) Editorial: ‘Conscience’, the Right of Withdrawal, and Religious Education. Journal of Beliefs & Values, 39 (3). pp. 255-257. ISSN 1469-9362
15. Parker, Stephen (2018) British Hymn Books for Children, 1800–1900: Re-tuning the History of Childhood, by Alisa Clapp-Itnyre/Creating Religious Childhoods in Anglo-world and British Colonial Contexts, 1800–1950, edited by Hugh Morrison and Mary Clare Martin/Young People and Church Since 1900: Engagement and Exclusion, by Naomi Thompson (Book Review). Taylor & Francis.
16. Crutchley, J., Parker, Stephen and Roberts, S. (2018) Sight, Sound and Text in the History of Education. History of Education, 47 (2). pp. 143-147. ISSN 0046-760X Online: 1464-5130
17. Parker, Stephen (2018) Editorial: Spaces of Religious and Values Education. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 39 (1). pp. 1-2. ISSN 1361-7672, Online:1469-9362
18. Doney, J., Parker, Stephen and Freathy, R. (2017) Enriching the Historiography of Religious Education: Insights from Oral Life History. History of Education: Journal of the History of Education Society, 46 (4). pp. 436-458. ISSN Print 0046-760X Online: 1464-5130
19. Francis, L.J., Village, A. and Parker, Stephen (2017) Exploring the Trajectory of Personal, Moral and Spiritual Values of 16- to 18-year-old Students Taking Religious Studies at A Level in the UK. Journal of Beliefs and Values : Studies in Religion & Education, 38 (1). pp. 18-31. ISSN Print: 1361-7672 Online: 1469-9362
20. Strhan, A., Parker, Stephen and Ridgely, S. (2017) The Bloomsbury Reader in Religion and Childhood. Bloomsbury Academic (An Imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing), London. ISBN Paperback: 978-1474251099 Hardback: 978-1474251105
21. Parker, Stephen and Freathy, R. (2017) Childhood, Faith and the Future: Religious Education and 'National Character' in the Second World War. In: The Bloomsbury Reader in Religion and Childhood. Bloomsbury Academic (An Imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing), London, pp. 191-200. ISBN Paperback: 978-1474251099 Hardback: 978-1474251105
22. Parker, Stephen (2017) The BBC's Religious Service for Schools, 'Come and Praise', and the Musical Aesthetic and Religious Discourse Around the Child. In: The Bloomsbury Reader in Religion and Childhood. Bloomsbury Academic (An Imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing), London, pp. 279-288. ISBN Paperback: 978-1474251099 Hardback: 978-1474251105
23. Parker, Stephen (2017) Classrooms as Spaces of Religious and Moral Education and Socialization. In: The Bloomsbury Reader in Religion and Childhood. Bloomsbury Academic (An Imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing), London, pp. 307-316. ISBN Paperback: 978-1474251099 Hardback: 978-1474251105
24. Francis, L.J., Astley, J. and Parker, Stephen (2016) Who Studies Religion at Advanced Level: Why and to What Effect? Journal of Beliefs and Values, 37 (3). pp. 334-346. ISSN 1361-7672
25. Parker, Stephen (2016) Editorial. Journal of Beliefs and Values: Studies in Religion and Education, 37 (2). pp. 129-130. ISSN Print 1361-7672 Online 1469-9362
26. Simojoki, H., Schweitzer, F., Parker, Stephen and Freathy, R. (2016) Die Professionalisierung des Religionslehrerberufs als Aufgabe und Gegenstand Religionspädagogischer Forschung. Historische und Systematische Perspektiven. Zeitschrift fur Pedagogie und Theologie, 68 (2). pp. 135-152. ISSN 2366-7796
27. Parker, Stephen, Freathy, R. and Doney, J. (2016) The Professionalisation of Non-Denominational Religious Education in England: Politics, Organisation and Knowledge. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 37 (2). pp. 201-238. ISSN Print: 1361-7672, Online: 1469-9362
28. Freathy, R., Parker, Stephen, Schweitzer, F. and Simojoki, H. (2016) Conceptualizing and Researching the Professionalization of Religious Education Teachers: Historical and International Perspectives. British Journal of Religious Education, 38 (2). pp. 114-129. ISSN Print: 0141-6200, Online: 1740-7931
29. Freathy, R., Parker, Stephen, Schweitzer, F. and Simojoki, H. (2016) Editorial: Professionalism, Professionalisation and Professionality in Religious Education. British Journal of Religious Education, 38 (2). pp. 111-113. ISSN Print: 0141-6200, Online: 1740-7931
30. Parker, Stephen (2015) The Professionalization of Religious Education. In: Belief in Dialogue, Association of University Lecturers in Religion and Education (AULRE) Annual Conference, 1st – 3rd September 2015, St. Mary’s University Twickenham. (Unpublished)
31. Freathy, R. and Parker, Stephen (2015) Prospects and Problems for Religious Education in England, 1967-1970: Curriculum Reform in Political Context. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 36 (1). pp. 3-30. ISSN Print: 1361-7672, Online:1469-9362
32. Parker, Stephen, Freathy, R. and Aldridge, D. (2015) The Future of Religious Education: Crisis, Reform and Iconoclasm. Journal of Beliefs & Values: Studies in Religion & Education, 36 (1). pp. 1-4. ISSN Print: 1361-7672 Online: 1469-9362
33. Parker, Stephen (2015) Mediatizing Childhood Religion: the BBC, John G. Williams, and Collective Worship for Schools in England, c.1940-1975. Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 51 (5). pp. 614-630. ISSN Print: 0030-9230 Online: 1477-674X
34. Parker, Stephen (2015) History, Remembrance and Religious Education. Religion, Education and Values., 7 . Peter Land, Oxford. ISBN ISBN (Softcover) 9783034317207 ISBN (PDF) 9783035306811 ISBN (MOBI) 9783035394665 ISBN (ePUB) 9783035394672
35. Freathy, R., Parker, Stephen and Doney, J. (2015) Raiders of the Lost Archives: Searching for the Hidden History of Religious Education in Englang. In: History, Remembrance and Religious Education. Religion, Education and Values. (7). Peter Lang, Oxford, pp. 105-137. ISBN ISBN (Softcover) 9783034317207 ISBN (PDF) 9783035306811 ISBN (MOBI) 9783035394665 ISBN (ePUB) 9783035394672
36. Freathy, R. and Parker, Stephen (2015) History, Remembrance and Education - Introduction. In: History, Remembrance and Education. Religion, Education and Values. (7). Peter Lang, Oxford, pp. 1-19. ISBN ISBN (Softcover) 9783034317207 ISBN (PDF) 9783035306811 ISBN (MOBI) 9783035394665 ISBN (ePUB) 9783035394672
37. Parker, Stephen (2014) Towards International Comparative Research on the Professionalization of Religious Education. In: Annual Conference of the History of Education Society (UK), 21st-23rd November 2014, University College Dublin. (Unpublished)
38. Freathy, R., Parker, Stephen, Schweitzer, F. and Simojoki, H. (2014) Towards International Comparative Research on the Professionalisation of Religious Education. Journal of Beliefs & Values: Studies in Religion & Education, 35 (2). pp. 225-241. ISSN Print: 1361-7672 Online: 1469-9362
39. Parker, Stephen (2014) What is Religious Education, and Should it be Taught in Schools? In: Hive Professorial Lecture, 1st October 2014, The Hive, Worcester. (Unpublished)
40. Freathy, R. and Parker, Stephen (2014) Mary Whitehouse, Religious Education and the Cold War: Cultural Revolution and Moral Rearmament in England, 1975-1977. In: International Standing Conference on the History of Education (ISCHE) Annual Conference 2014, 23rd - 26th July 2014, Institute of Education, University of London. (Unpublished)
41. Roberts, S. and Parker, Stephen (2014) Gender, Transnational Exchanges, and Christian Youth Leadership: the Entangled History of Westhill Training College, Birmingham 1907-35. In: International Standing Conference on the History of Education (ISCHE) Annual Conference 2014, 23rd - 26th July 2014, Institue of Education, University of London. (Unpublished)
42. Parker, Stephen and Freathy, R. (2014) Translantic Perspectives on Religious Education for Citizenship During the Second World War. In: International Standing Conference on the History of Education (ISCHE) Annual Conference 2014, 23rd -26th July 2014, Institute of Education, University of London. (Unpublished)
43. Parker, Stephen (2014) Anglican Church School Education: Moving Beyond the First Two Hundred Years by H. Worsley (Book Review). Taylor & Francis.
44. Parker, Stephen (2013) Clifton College: Foundation to Evacuation edited by C.S. Knighton (Book Review). Taylor & Francis.
45. Parker, Stephen (2013) Religious Education, the Church of England, and Church-State Relations, 1965-1970. In: History of Education Society Annual Conference 2013, 22nd - 24th November 2013, Mercure Southgate Hotel, Exeter, UK. (Unpublished)
46. Parker, Stephen (2013) George Hamilton Archibald, Gender, and the Professionalization of Sunday-School Teaching, History of Education Society, Going Un-Christian? In: History of Education Society Annual Conference 2013, 22nd - 24th November, 2013, Mercure Southgate Hotel, Exeter, UK. (Unpublished)
47. Parker, Stephen (2013) School Worship, John G. Williams, and the Idea of Childhood Piety at the BBC. In: Religious Education Association (REA) Annual Meeting, 8th-10th November 2013, Boston, Massachusetts.
48. Parker, Stephen (2013) Faith on the Air: a Religious Educational Broadcasting History, 1992-. In: International Society for Media, Religion and Culture Conference 2013, 4th - 6th August 2013, University of Kent. (Unpublished)
49. Parker, Stephen (2013) The Future of Religious Education: Prospects and Problems for Religious Education (revisited). Summary Report on a Conference held at the University of Worcester in 2013. Other. University of Worcester. (Unpublished)
50. Parker, Stephen (2013) Islam and Education: the Manipulation and Misrepresentation of a Religion by Lynn Revell (Book Review). Taylor & Francis.
51. Freathy, R. and Parker, Stephen (2013) Secularists, Humanists and Religious Education: Religious Crisis and Curriculum Change in England, 1963–1975. History of Education: Journal of the History of Education Society, 42 (2). pp. 222-256. ISSN Print: 0046-760X 1464-5130 (Online)
52. Parker, Stephen (2013) Cosmo Lang: Archbishop in War and Crisis by R. Beaken (Book Review). Université de Rouen.
53. Parker, Stephen and Lawson, T. (2012) God and War: the Church of England and Armed Conflict in the Twentieth Century. Ashgate, Farnham. ISBN Hardback 9780754666929
54. Parker, Stephen (2012) Reinvigorating Christian Britain: The Spiritual Issues of the War, National Identity, and the Hope of Religious Education. In: God and War: the Church of England and Armed Conflict in the Twentieth Century. Ashgate Publishing, Farnham, pp. 61-79. ISBN Hardback 9780754666929
55. Parker, Stephen, Freathy, R. and Francis, L.J. (2012) Religious Education and Freedom of Religion and Belief. Religion, Education and Values . Peter Lang, Oxford. ISBN Paperback 9783034307543 PDF 9783035303353
56. Parker, Stephen, Freathy, R. and Francis, L.J. (2012) Introduction. In: Religious Education and Freedom of Religion and Belief. Religion, Education and Values . Peter Lang, Oxford, pp. 1-3. ISBN Paperback 9783034307543 PDF 9783035303353
57. Freathy, R. and Parker, Stephen (2012) Freedom from Religious Beliefs: Humanists and Religious Education in England in the 1960s and 1970s. In: Religious Education and Freedom of Religion and Belief. Religion, Education and Values . Peter Lang, Oxford, pp. 7-27. ISBN Paperback 9783034307543 PDF 9783035303353
58. Parker, Stephen and Freathy, R. (2012) Ethnic Diversity, Christian Hegemony and the Emergence of Multi-faith Religious Education in the 1970s. History of Education: Journal of the History of Education Society, 41 (3). pp. 381-404. ISSN Print: 0046-760X, Online: 1464-5130
59. Parker, Stephen and Freathy, R. (2011) Context, Complexity and Contestation: Birmingham’s Agreed Syllabuses for Religious Education since the 1970s. Journal of Beliefs and Values., 32 (2). pp. 247-263. ISSN Print: 1361-7672 Online: 1469-9362
60. Parker, Stephen (2010) Teach Them to Pray Auntie: Children’s Hour Prayers at the BBC, 1940–1961. History of Education: Journal of the History of Education Society, 39 (5). pp. 659-676. ISSN Print: 0046-760X, Online: 1464-5130
61. Freathy, R. and Parker, Stephen (2010) The Necessity of Historical Inquiry in Educational Research: the Case of Religious Education. British Journal of Religious Education, 32 (3). pp. 229-243. ISSN Print: 0141-6200 Online: 1740-7931
62. Parker, Stephen (2010) Ethical Leaders Born or Made? Exploring the Notion of the Virtuous Leader. In: Launch of the Centre for Ethical Leadership, Friday 12th November, University of Worcester. (Unpublished)
63. Parker, Stephen (2009) Theorising 'Sacred' Space in Educational Contexts: a Case Study of Three English Midlands Sixth Form Colleges. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 30 (1). pp. 29-39. ISSN 1361-7672
64. Parker, Stephen (2009) ‘Blessed are the Pacifists’: E. W. Barnes of Birmingham and Pacifism, 1914–45. Midland History, 34 (2). pp. 204-219. ISSN Print: 0047-729X Online: 1756-381X
65. Parker, Stephen (2006) Faith on the Home Front: Aspects of Church Life and Popular Religion in Birmingham, 1939-1945. Peter Lang, Oxford. ISBN Paperback 9783039102525
66. Snape, M.F. and Parker, Stephen (2001) Keeping Faith and Coping: Belief, Popular Religiosity and the British People. In: The Great World War (Volume 2). Harper Collins, London. ISBN 0007116187, 9780007116188

My Most Viewed As Author

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1.	Ethical Leaders Born or Made? Exploring the Notion of the Virtuous Leader	957	815
2.	The Future of Religious Education: Prospects and Problems for Religious Education (revisited). Summary Report on a Conference held at the University of Worcester in 2013.	509	611
3.	Enriching the Historiography of Religious Education: Insights from Oral Life History	371	219
4.	Sight, Sound and Text in the History of Education	367
5.	Islam and Education: the Manipulation and Misrepresentation of a Religion by Lynn Revell (Book Review)	343	297
6.	The Church of England and religious education during the twentieth century	338
7.	Mary Whitehouse, Religious Education and the Cold War: Cultural Revolution and Moral Rearmament in England, 1975-1977	330
8.	Faith on the Air: a Religious Educational Broadcasting History, 1992-	303
9.	The Church of England and the 1870 Elementary Education Act	298	1019
10.	Keeping Faith and Coping: Belief, Popular Religiosity and the British People	296	10
11.	The Professionalisation of Non-Denominational Religious Education in England: Politics, Organisation and Knowledge	291	203
12.	Mediatizing Childhood Religion: the BBC, John G. Williams, and Collective Worship for Schools in England, c.1940-1975	289	8
13.	Religious Education, the Church of England, and Church-State Relations, 1965-1970	287
14.	Freedom from Religious Beliefs: Humanists and Religious Education in England in the 1960s and 1970s	285	3
15.	Conceptualizing and Researching the Professionalization of Religious Education Teachers: Historical and International Perspectives	282	302
16.	Faith on the Home Front: Aspects of Church Life and Popular Religion in Birmingham, 1939-1945	282
17.	The Necessity of Historical Inquiry in Educational Research: the Case of Religious Education	278	4
18.	Religious Education and Freedom of Religion and Belief	278
19.	Introduction	274	3
20.	Towards International Comparative Research on the Professionalisation of Religious Education	268
21.	Raiders of the Lost Archives: Searching for the Hidden History of Religious Education in Englang	267
22.	The Professionalization of Religious Education	260
23.	Ethnic Diversity, Christian Hegemony and the Emergence of Multi-faith Religious Education in the 1970s	252	4
24.	Reinvigorating Christian Britain: The Spiritual Issues of the War, National Identity, and the Hope of Religious Education	250	3
25.	George Hamilton Archibald, Gender, and the Professionalization of Sunday-School Teaching, History of Education Society, Going Un-Christian?	248
26.	Gender, Transnational Exchanges, and Christian Youth Leadership: the Entangled History of Westhill Training College, Birmingham 1907-35	242
27.	God and War: the Church of England and Armed Conflict in the Twentieth Century	241
28.	Anglican Church School Education: Moving Beyond the First Two Hundred Years by H. Worsley (Book Review)	239	121
29.	Secularists, Humanists and Religious Education: Religious Crisis and Curriculum Change in England, 1963–1975	238
30.	Die Professionalisierung des Religionslehrerberufs als Aufgabe und Gegenstand Religionspädagogischer Forschung. Historische und Systematische Perspektiven	235	101
31.	Prospects and Problems for Religious Education in England, 1967-1970: Curriculum Reform in Political Context	232	3
32.	History, Remembrance and Religious Education	228
33.	Clifton College: Foundation to Evacuation edited by C.S. Knighton (Book Review)	227
34.	Theorising 'Sacred' Space in Educational Contexts: a Case Study of Three English Midlands Sixth Form Colleges	226	2
35.	The Future of Religious Education: Crisis, Reform and Iconoclasm	226	1
36.	‘Blessed are the Pacifists’: E. W. Barnes of Birmingham and Pacifism, 1914–45	224	2
37.	Towards International Comparative Research on the Professionalization of Religious Education	224
38.	The Bloomsbury Reader in Religion and Childhood	221
39.	Editorial	220	3
40.	The BBC's Religious Service for Schools, 'Come and Praise', and the Musical Aesthetic and Religious Discourse Around the Child	218
41.	Context, Complexity and Contestation: Birmingham’s Agreed Syllabuses for Religious Education since the 1970s	215	4
42.	British Hymn Books for Children, 1800–1900: Re-tuning the History of Childhood, by Alisa Clapp-Itnyre/Creating Religious Childhoods in Anglo-world and British Colonial Contexts, 1800–1950, edited by Hugh Morrison and Mary Clare Martin/Young People and Church Since 1900: Engagement and Exclusion, by Naomi Thompson (Book Review)	214
43.	School Worship, John G. Williams, and the Idea of Childhood Piety at the BBC	213
44.	Exploring the Trajectory of Personal, Moral and Spiritual Values of 16- to 18-year-old Students Taking Religious Studies at A Level in the UK	212	4
45.	Childhood, Faith and the Future: Religious Education and 'National Character' in the Second World War	210
46.	Teach Them to Pray Auntie: Children’s Hour Prayers at the BBC, 1940–1961	205	3
47.	Cosmo Lang: Archbishop in War and Crisis by R. Beaken (Book Review)	205
48.	Religion and Education: Framing and Mapping a Field	205
49.	History, Remembrance and Education - Introduction	203
50.	Religious literacy: spaces of teaching and learning about religion and belief	201	236
51.	Translantic Perspectives on Religious Education for Citizenship During the Second World War	201
52.	Editorial: Spaces of Religious and Values Education	199
53.	Sight, Sound and Text in the History of Education	199
54.	What is Religious Education, and Should it be Taught in Schools?	197
55.	Editorial: ‘Conscience’, the Right of Withdrawal, and Religious Education	188
56.	Editorial: reforming religious education	183	73
57.	The Commission on Religious Education’s Final Report: Brief Remarks	182
58.	Classrooms as Spaces of Religious and Moral Education and Socialization	175
59.	Who Studies Religion at Advanced Level: Why and to What Effect?	170
60.	Religion and Education: Framing and Mapping a Field	162
61.	Editorial: Professionalism, Professionalisation and Professionality in Religious Education	157
62.	New directions in Religious and Values education : International perspectives	125
63.	Introduction: Tracing the Origins of the Modern Concept of Religious Education in Schools	110
64.	Children’s subjectivity and agency in religious education (Editorial)	110
65.	Religion and worldviews: the debate continues	110
66.	Introduction	109