Religious Education And The Challenge Of Pluralism

Author : Adam B. Seligman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199359486

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Religious Education and the Challenge of Pluralism by Adam B. Seligman Pdf

"This book offers a comparative analysis of religious education and state policies towards religious education in seven different countries and in the European Union as a whole. Most of the cases studied have not been presented previously in the English speaking world. The comparative contextualization of the different countries studied here, Muslim majority, Orthodox Christian, Jewish and secular (or laic) is also new. The challenge addressed by the book's different studies, is quite simply if religious education can itself be a vehicle for civic enculturation and the creation of ties of belonging and meaningful solidarity across different ethnic and religious communities in the contemporary world. In many of the countries studied, the state and the program of state-making was associated with one religio-ethnic community and then the question remains if religious education that privileges that religious community can provide such shared terms of meaning for members of different communities. This is the challenge faced by such countries at Bulgaria, Israel, Malaysia and in a slightly different way (facing not religious diversity but ethnic difference), Turkey. The case of Cyprus, by contrast, is one of a country actually split along lines of ethno-religious difference. Additional studies of the connection between religious education and the terms of citizenship in the EU, France and the USA provide important contrasts to the challenges facing us as we seek to educate our citizenry in an age of religious resurgence and global politics"--

Author : Hans-Günter Heimbrock,Christoph Th Scheilke,Peter Schreiner
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : 3825850153

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Towards Religious Competence by Hans-Günter Heimbrock,Christoph Th Scheilke,Peter Schreiner Pdf

In this book, scholars around Europe reflect on the changing role of religious education in a time of growing pluralism in Europe and across the world. The various contributions from different European countries (England and Wales, Germany, Netherlands, and Norway) focus on the debate about the existing multicultural and multireligious situation in European societies. Difference and diversity, especially of religion, is seen as a challenge for education in Europe. The chapters mention trends and common challenges for religious education. As a key term of religious education "religious competence" is introduced. It includes the ability to deal with religious pluralism and differences in a constructive way. It is argued that contextual religious education facilitates a new religious competence. The book also contains detailed information about current developments in the field of religious education in some European countries.

Author : Isolde Driesen
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783643901156

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Learning to Deliberate in Religious Education by Isolde Driesen Pdf

Religious and moral pluralism is intrinsic to present-day society. Pluralism includes both the diversity of religions and worldviews (external pluralism), and the diverse conceptions of a transcendent reality and a good life within religions (internal pluralism). This book deals with the challenges this pluralism poses for Christian adult education. The goal is to form a clearer picture of how educators deal with pluralism in their practice. The premise is that this is particularly evident in the goal orientations and the educational methods they choose. This book presents a typology of religio-moral education which is empirically tested in the Catholic context in the Netherlands. It explores the goal orientations and methods of religious and moral educators, and examines the crucial relation between them. The educator's choices are also evaluated in the light of a considered approach to pluralism. Isolde Driesen (1971) worked as a junior researcher at the Faculty of Theology of the Radboud University Nijmegen on the research-project Pluralism and Christian adult education.

Author : Thorsten Knauth
Publisher : Waxmann Verlag
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783830969723

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Encountering Religious Pluralism in School and Society by Thorsten Knauth Pdf

Author : Arniika Kuusisto,Terry Lovat
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317290100

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Contemporary Challenges for Religious and Spiritual Education by Arniika Kuusisto,Terry Lovat Pdf

From being on the margins of scholarly debate for much of the past century and a half, religion is being recognized once again as an area of concern for scholars, politicians, and public policy makers, and thus, the role of religious and spiritual education has taken on a new importance. Apart from its socio-political ramifications, the place of religiousness and spirituality in the make-up of individuals has been given renewed prominence through updated brain science, and neuroscientists regularly refer to elements of this brain science in terms such as spiritual intelligence and even mystical consciousness. This book explores many of the new directions being taken in the field of religious and spiritual education, as new developments challenge the priorities of formal education, and open up new avenues for incorporating religion and spirituality into the modern curriculum. It asks whether the educational aims of teachers should be focused on specifically personal development, or whether religious education should be used to develop understanding of more global and social issues such as citizenship, conflict, and ethics. The book also addresses neuroscientific insights, which suggest a need to engage with cognition and emotion in order to create a rich learning environment, something to which a particularly contested subject area like religion and spirituality is well-placed to contribute. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Beliefs & Values.

Author : Robert Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134414505

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Rethinking Religious Education and Plurality by Robert Jackson Pdf

How should schools deal with religions in matters of curriculum, procedure and policy? As Western society becomes increasingly multicultural in character, schools must reassess the provision of religious education and look at how they might adapt in order to accommodate students' diverse experiences of plurality. This book offers a critical view of approaches to the treatment of different religions in contemporary education, in order to devise approaches to teaching and learning, and to formulate policies and procedures that are fair and just to all. Beginning with a contextual overview of the religious, social and cultural changes of the past fifty years, the book goes on to illuminate and assess six different responses to the challenges posed by religious plurality in schools. Conclusions are drawn from the various positions explored in this book, identifying what the character of religious education should be, how it should be taught and addressing the issues raised for policy, practice and research. Rethinking Religious Education and Plurality argues for a plural approach to education and will be a valuable resource for students and researchers studying courses in religious education as well as teachers, education advisers and policy makers.

Author : Ednan Aslan,Marcia Hermansen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783658316969

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Religious Diversity at School by Ednan Aslan,Marcia Hermansen Pdf

This volume features chapters by international experts in education, sociology, and theology who consider a range of challenges faced by educators in primary and secondary schools that are becoming increasingly diverse in terms of the ethnic and religious backgrounds of pupils. From the non-religious, to the refugee, to student fundamentalism and even radicalization—these multiple, fresh approaches analyze the dynamics of the changing pedagogical landscape in an age of ever increasing globalization and cultural plurality. Today’s classrooms are often the most crucial spaces where children and adolescents encounter new cultural, religious, and other worldviews. Increasingly, teachers are called on to empower their pupils with the tools and competencies necessary to reflect on and process this plurality in ways that are productive for their intellectual growth and moral maturation. Regional case studies provide extensive data while offering insights into developments in school settings across Europe, in Turkey, and in the United States. In addition, a number of the contributions address the delivery, content, and policies of Islamic Religious Education in European contexts, the educational strategies employed in multi-religious societies, and interreligious dialogue in schools, whether intentional or spontaneous.

Author : Thomas C. Hunt,James C. Carper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135629373

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Religion and Schooling in Contemporary America by Thomas C. Hunt,James C. Carper Pdf

With articles dealing with denomination, law, public policy and financing this anthology grants an evenhanded view of the impact of religion on our nation's public schools.

Author : J. Christopher Soper,Kevin R. den Dulk,Stephen V. Monsma
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442250444

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The Challenge of Pluralism by J. Christopher Soper,Kevin R. den Dulk,Stephen V. Monsma Pdf

In a thoroughly revised and expanded edition that now includes France, this essential text offers a rigorous, systematic comparison of church-state relations in six Western nations: the United States, France, England, Germany, the Netherlands, and Australia. As successful and stable political democracies, these countries share a commitment to protecting the religious rights of their citizens. The book demonstrates, however, that each has taken substantially different approaches to resolving basic church-state questions. The authors examine both the historical roots of those differences and more recent conflicts over Islam and other religious minorities, explain how contemporary church-state issues are addressed, and provide a framework for assessing the success of each of the six states in protecting the religious rights of its citizens using a framework based on the ideal of governmental neutrality and evenhandedness toward people of all faiths and of none. Responding to the general confusion about the relationship between church and state in the West, this book offers a much-needed comparative analysis of a topic that is increasingly a source of political conflict. The authors argue that the US conception of church-state separation, with its emphasis on avoiding government establishment of religion, is unique among political democracies and discriminates against religious groups by denying religious organizations access to government services provided to other organizations. The authors persuasively conclude that the United States can learn a great deal from other Western nations in promoting religious neutrality and the free exercise of religion.

Author : Vincent Biondo,Andrew Fiala
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135080174

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Civility, Religious Pluralism and Education by Vincent Biondo,Andrew Fiala Pdf

This book focuses on the problem of religious diversity, civil dialogue, and religion education in public schools, exploring the ways in which atheists, secularists, fundamentalists, and mainstream religionists come together in the public sphere, examining how civil discourse about religion fit swithin the ideals of the American political and pedagogical systems and how religious studies education can help to foster civility and toleration.

Author : Bob Fu
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725267541

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The Politics of Inclusive Pluralism by Bob Fu Pdf

"Long live the red terror!" This and other political slogans were used by China's communist rulers as leverage for conflict and conflict management during 1949. China's Cultural Revolution movement understandably fueled anger, fear, and terror among Chinese citizens. Currently, contrary to the positive facade that China, under the control of the Communist Chinese Party (CCP), tries to project regarding human rights, a dark reality reveals a brutal authoritarian state with no concern for religious freedom. What guiding philosophy could best help procure, provide, and protect religious freedom for all in a post-communist, Christianized, democratic China? Bob Fu argues that while various Christianity-oriented theories may appear promising, they fail to provide an adequate pluralistic foundation for protecting the religious freedoms of people of all faiths and none. The predominant theory of political liberalism in the West likewise fails to prove sufficiently inclusive for all faiths and worldviews. As an alternative, the author defends Baorong Duoyuan (inclusive pluralism), his own contextualized theory modeled after principled pluralism. This model, he believes, has the potential to help ensure that religious freedom for all becomes a reality.

Author : Stephen V. Monsma,J. Christopher Soper
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780742554160

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The Challenge of Pluralism by Stephen V. Monsma,J. Christopher Soper Pdf

Provides a comparative analysis of church-state issues in the United States, the Netherlands, Australia, England, and Germany, and argues that the U.S. is unique in the way it resolves religious freedom and religious establishment questions.

Author : Marius Felderhof
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317115922

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Inspiring Faith in Schools by Marius Felderhof Pdf

Inspiring Faith in Schools addresses the privileging of secularism that appears to affect RE in countries influenced by modern western thought. The authors argue that a more engaging form of RE would emerge if religious life were to inhabit centre stage. Currently religious faith is made to hover in the wings awaiting the call to face the inquisitorial challenge of the modern day enquirer. The consequent relationship between pupil and the Divine as the purpose of study is then already intrinsically irreligious, as indicated in the Book of Job by putting God in the dock, whereas it is the pupil who should be (cross-)examining his or her life. What are the ways of exciting and engaging the young so that they begin to entertain the possibility of religious life as a genuine option for themselves? Leading scholars in philosophy and theology from the UK, Australia, Canada and the USA come together to address these questions together with RE experts. Marius Felderhof writes an Afterword summing up the challenges faced by such a re-visioning of RE.

Author : Francis-Vincent Anthony,Hans-Georg Ziebertz
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783031339981

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Human Rights and the Separation of State and Religion by Francis-Vincent Anthony,Hans-Georg Ziebertz Pdf

This text highlights key aspects of the religion/church-state relationship/debate, and related hitherto marginal topics. The contributions make clear that there is no clear blueprint for an optimal relationship between religion/church and state. Individual states and countries are analysed on the granular level for example, to address mono-religious against poly-religious as well as secular societies. Among others, chapters address education, migration and politics against religion as well as the effect of LGBTQ+ communities on religion and societies. This collected volume appeals to researchers, and students working in religious studies and political science.

Author : Marian de Souza,Gloria Durka,Kathleen Engebretson,Robert Jackson,Andrew McGrady
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1417 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781402052460

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International Handbook of the Religious, Moral and Spiritual Dimensions in Education by Marian de Souza,Gloria Durka,Kathleen Engebretson,Robert Jackson,Andrew McGrady Pdf

In today’s pluralistic world, many cultures feel a shift in the relationship of people with religious traditions. A corresponding movement is a resurgence of interest in human spirituality. This Handbook presents the views of education scholars who engage these concepts every day, in a collection of essays reflecting the international state of the discipline. Out of these rises a vision for the emergence of a just and peaceful world.