Abstract
<jats:p>Analytic Philosophy of Education The Philosophical Foundations of Religious and Moral Education in Paul H. Hirsts Theoretical Framework Constituting a paradigmatic example of the analytic philosophy of education (APE) perspective, this book has been prepared based on the need for more comprehensive studies on the philosophical foundation of religious and moral education in Türkiye. The central argument of the research is that the prevalent lack of philosophy problem in Turkish educational approaches is also clearly apparent in the approaches to religious and moral education. Thus, this situation highlights the necessity for philosophical justifications within alternative frameworks. Accordingly, this study aims to contribute to filling the gap in the national academic literature by offering solutions to the aforementioned problem from the perspective of the APE and by revealing how Paul Heywood Hirst, one of the important representatives of the analytical tradition, philosophically grounded religious and moral education. The study was conducted as qualitative research using a descriptive design. The studys findings reveal that the viewpoint of APE can be effectively employed in all dimensions of grounding religious and moral education. The study is significant in that it provides a holistic perspective on religious and moral education, fosters multifaceted thinking, and contributes to the development of theoretical knowledge. Furthermore, the study presents a novel perspective and a model of justification by revealing how the philosophical foundations of religious and moral education have been constructed within the analytic tradition, by demonstrating how consistency between theory and practice can be established in the field of education, and by offering solutions from an analytical perspective for grounding the religion–morality–education nexus on a solid basis. As a consequence, this study establishes a theoretical framework for the philosophical foundation of religious and moral education, demonstrating how religious and moral education has been philosophically justified and how these justifications have shaped understandings of religious and moral education. Moreover, the book makes explicit how the justification of the basic assumptions and presuppositions that underpin particularly religious education has served as a driving force in reshaping the field from an educational standpoint. In this respect, the study is expected to pave the way for new discussions in the academic literature and provide a conceptual and theoretical basis for future research. Keywords: Analytic Philosophy of Education (APE); Forms of Knowledge; Moral Education; Paul H. Hirst; Religious Education</jats:p>