| Pedagogical bricoleurs and bricolage researchers: The case of religious education R Freathy, J Doney, G Freathy, K Walshe, G Teece British Journal of Educational Studies 65 (4), 425-443, 2017 | 68 | 2017 |
| The necessity of historical inquiry in educational research: the case of religious education R Freathy, S Parker British Journal of Religious Education 32 (3), 229-243, 2010 | 59 | 2010 |
| Secularists, Humanists and religious education: religious crisis and curriculum change in England, 1963–1975 R Freathy, SG Parker History of Education 42 (2), 222-256, 2013 | 55 | 2013 |
| Religious Education, Big Ideas and the study of religion (s) and worldview (s) R Freathy, HC John British Journal of Religious Education 41 (1), 27-40, 2019 | 51 | 2019 |
| The triumph of religious education for citizenship in English schools, 1935–1949 R Freathy History of Education 37 (2), 295-316, 2008 | 47 | 2008 |
| Ethnic diversity, Christian hegemony and the emergence of multi-faith religious education in the 1970s SG Parker, RJK Freathy History of Education 41 (3), 381-404, 2012 | 44 | 2012 |
| Narrative theology in religious education ED Reed, R Freathy, S Cornwall, A Davis British Journal of Religious Education 35 (3), 297-312, 2013 | 42 | 2013 |
| Context, complexity and contestation: Birmingham’s Agreed Syllabuses for Religious Education since the 1970s SG Parker, RJK Freathy Journal of Beliefs & Values 32 (2), 247-263, 2011 | 42 | 2011 |
| Conceptualising and researching the professionalisation of Religious Education teachers: historical and international perspectives R Freathy, SG Parker, F Schweitzer, H Simojoki British Journal of Religious Education 38 (2), 114-129, 2016 | 36 | 2016 |
| Developing responsible leadership through a ‘pedagogy of challenge’: An investigation into the impact of leadership education on teenagers R Higham, R Freathy, R Wegerif School Leadership and Management 30 (5), 419-434, 2010 | 36 | 2010 |
| The RE-searchers: A new approach to religious education in primary schools RJK Freathy, G Freathy, J Doney, K Walshe, G Teece University of Exeter, 2015 | 33 | 2015 |
| On the Side of the Angels, the Third Report of the Biblos Project RJK Freathy, S Lane, K Walshe, C Copley, T Copley School of Education and Lifelong Learning, University of Exeter, 2004 | 28 | 2004 |
| Worldviews and big ideas: A way forward for religious education? R Freathy, HC John Karlstads Universitet, 2020 | 26 | 2020 |
| Metacognition, worldviews and religious education: A practical guide for teachers S Larkin, R Freathy, J Doney, G Freathy Routledge, 2019 | 24 | 2019 |
| Towards international comparative research on the professionalisation of Religious Education R Freathy, SG Parker, F Schweitzer, H Simojoki Journal of Beliefs & Values 35 (2), 225-241, 2014 | 23 | 2014 |
| Ecclesiastical and religious factors which preserved Christian and traditional forms of education for citizenship in English schools, 1934–1944 RJK Freathy Oxford Review of Education 33 (3), 367-377, 2007 | 23 | 2007 |
| Die Professionalisierung des Religionslehrerberufs als Aufgabe und Gegenstand religionspädagogischer Forschung. Historische und systematische Perspektiven H Simojoki, F Schweitzer, SG Parker, R Freathy Zeitschrift für Pädagogik und Theologie 68 (2), 135-152, 2016 | 21 | 2016 |
| “Everything is in Parables”: An Exploration of Students' Difficulties in Understanding Christian Beliefs Concerning Jesus R Freathy, K Aylward Religious Education 105 (1), 86-102, 2010 | 19 | 2010 |
| Enriching the historiography of Religious Education: Insights from oral life history J Doney, SG Parker, R Freathy History of Education 46 (4), 436-458, 2017 | 18 | 2017 |
| Prospects and problems for Religious Education in England, 1967–1970: curriculum reform in political context RJK Freathy, SG Parker Journal of Beliefs & Values 36 (1), 5-30, 2015 | 18 | 2015 |
