Der Klavierspieler Thomas zieht für einen Sommer aufs Land. Bald schon spielt er auf Hochzeiten und Beerdigungen. Aber seine Anwesenheit bringt auch Unruhe ins Dorf.

There is an increasing recognition today that young people need to have knowledge about religions and world views in order to live and work in diverse societies. What kind of ‘maps’ are they provided with through religious, values and ethics education? Does education address the challenging existential questions that children and adolescents ask about life and the world? This volume addresses different aspects of how existential questions have been dealt with in educational research. It especially draws attention to the Swedish research tradition of focusing on life questions and the interpretation of life in education, but with contemporary international research added.