Religious Literacy And Schools

Author : W. Y. Alice Chan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367640422

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Teaching Religious Literacy to Combat Religious Bullying by W. Y. Alice Chan Pdf

This text explores the phenomenon of religious bullying as it manifests in two North American contexts and theorizes religious literacy as a viable school-based intervention to promote understanding of religious and non-religious difference. Using substantive, qualitative data from schools and communities in California and Quebec, Teaching Religious Literacy to Combat Religious Bullying examines the impact of mandatory religious literacy courses delivered in secondary schools and identifies curricula, teacher attitudes, training, and administrative support as key determinants of course impact. Drawing on Bronfenbrenner's social-ecological framework, the text then illustrates how the environmental factors both in and outside of the school considerably influence teacher and student attitudes to religious and non-religious traditions. Practical recommendations are made to combat overarching societal trends and religious discrimination within the classroom, and context is cited as key to an effective discussion on religious literacy more broadly. This text will benefit researchers, academics, and educators with an interest in religious literacy, religious education, the sociology of education, and those looking at the field of bullying and truancy more widely. Those interested in intersectionality, marginalized communities, secularism, and educational policy will also benefit from the volume.

Author : Tuula Sakaranaho,Timo Aarrevaara,Johanna Konttori
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030475765

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The Challenges of Religious Literacy by Tuula Sakaranaho,Timo Aarrevaara,Johanna Konttori Pdf

This open access book presents religious literacy as the main explanatory factor when dealing with certain ethnic groups that attract stereotypes which gloss over other personal factors such as age, class, gender and cultural differences. It discusses freedom of religion, and the Christian revival movement. It examines religious literacy and religious diversity in multi-faith schools. It looks into the role of Mosques and Islamic divorce. Finally, it discusses the prevention of violent radicalization and extremism in Finland. Using recent data on Finnish secular society, the book promotes a new understanding which is needed with respect to popular and media portrayal of religion, or with respect to public discussion about religion. It addresses actors in civic society, public servants and higher education.

Author : Stephen Prothero
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780061856211

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Religious Literacy by Stephen Prothero Pdf

The United States is one of the most religious places on earth, but it is also a nation of shocking religious illiteracy. Only 10 percent of American teenagers can name all five major world religions and 15 percent cannot name any. Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe that the Bible holds the answers to all or most of life's basic questions, yet only half of American adults can name even one of the four gospels and most Americans cannot name the first book of the Bible. Despite this lack of basic knowledge, politicians and pundits continue to root public policy arguments in religious rhetoric whose meanings are missed—or misinterpreted—by the vast majority of Americans. "We have a major civic problem on our hands," says religion scholar Stephen Prothero. He makes the provocative case that to remedy this problem, we should return to teaching religion in the public schools. Alongside "reading, writing, and arithmetic," religion ought to become the "Fourth R" of American education. Many believe that America's descent into religious illiteracy was the doing of activist judges and secularists hell-bent on banishing religion from the public square. Prothero reveals that this is a profound misunderstanding. "In one of the great ironies of American religious history," Prothero writes, "it was the nation's most fervent people of faith who steered us down the road to religious illiteracy. Just how that happened is one of the stories this book has to tell." Prothero avoids the trap of religious relativism by addressing both the core tenets of the world's major religions and the real differences among them. Complete with a dictionary of the key beliefs, characters, and stories of Christianity, Islam, and other religions, Religious Literacy reveals what every American needs to know in order to confront the domestic and foreign challenges facing this country today.

Author : Gillian Georgiou
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1788270916

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Religious Literacy and Schools by Gillian Georgiou Pdf

"The resource proposes a topic of conversation: what is religious literacy and why does it matter? It considers the challenges of religious illiteracy in the United Kingdom and proposes ways in which it might be addressed through high quality balanced religious education. This initiative is currently being pioneered in church schools around the country, but with the expectation that it will be appropriate for all schools"--Page 4 of cover.

Author : D. Moore
Publisher : Springer
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780230607002

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Overcoming Religious Illiteracy by D. Moore Pdf

In Overcoming Religious Illiteracy, Harvard professor and Phillips Academy teacher Diane L. Moore argues that though the United States is one of the most religiously diverse nations in the world, the vast majority of citizens are woefully ignorant about religion itself and the basic tenets of the world's major religious traditions. The consequences of this religious illiteracy are profound and include fueling the culture wars, curtailing historical understanding and promoting religious and racial bigotry. In this volume, Moore combines theory with practice to articulate how to incorporate the study of religion into the schools in ways that will invigorate classrooms and enhance democratic discourse in the public sphere.

Author : Emile Lester,W. Y. Alice Chan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000554335

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Equipping Educators to Teach Religious Literacy by Emile Lester,W. Y. Alice Chan Pdf

This volume provides a detailed evaluation of a unique education program implemented in secondary schools in Georgia to enhance teachers’ religious literacy and their ability to promote this in schools and classrooms. The text demonstrates that religious literacy can be proactively taught to students, whilst also highlighting key considerations and tensions around religious liberty in the American South. Spanning rural, urban, and suburban Georgia, the text presents an original approach to the growing field of religious literacy by foregrounding community voices and perspectives. Using rich empirical data and qualitative interviews with religious and political leaders, scholars, teachers, parents, and students, the book evaluates the challenges, efficacy, and benefits of the program in view of rising political polarization. In doing so, the text tackles historical and contemporary issues around race and religion, and considers tensions between religious and nonreligious groups in the US. Ultimately, the book presents a significant contribution to the dialogue around fostering religious literacy in schools. This text will benefit researchers, academics, and educators with an interest in religious education, teacher education, and religious literacy more broadly. Those interested in the sociology of education, as well as diversity and religion in America, will also benefit from this volume.

Author : Dinham, Adam,Francis, Matthew
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447316657

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Religious Literacy in Policy and Practice by Dinham, Adam,Francis, Matthew Pdf

Although we often assume religion is in decline in the West, it continues to have an important yet contested role in individual lives and in society at large. And after half a century in which religion and belief were barely talked about in the public sphere, we face a pressing lack of religious literacy. Many are now ill-equipped to engage with religion and belief when they encounter them in their daily lives--in relationships, law, media, professions, business, and politics, among other venues. This valuable book is the first to bring together theory and policy with analysis and expertise to explore what religious literacy is, why it is needed, and what might be done about it. Its contributors make the case for a public realm that is well-equipped to engage with the plurality and pervasiveness of religion and belief, whatever an individual participant's own stance. It will be of great importance to academics, policy makers, and practitioners interested in the manifold implications of the continued presence of religion and belief in the public sphere.

Author : Alberto Melloni,Francesca Cadeddu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367534193

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Religious Literacy Law and History by Alberto Melloni,Francesca Cadeddu Pdf

This book examines religious illiteracy in Europe. It seeks to understand its effects on the social and political milieu through the framing of historical, institutional, religious, social, juridical and educational conditions within which it arises.

Author : Charles C. Haynes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0879861134

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Teaching about Religion in the Social Studies Classroom by Charles C. Haynes Pdf

Author : Chris Seiple,Dennis R. Hoover
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000509328

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The Routledge Handbook of Religious Literacy, Pluralism, and Global Engagement by Chris Seiple,Dennis R. Hoover Pdf

This pioneering handbook proposes an approach to pluralism that is relational, principled, and non-relativistic, going beyond banal calls for mere "tolerance." The growing religious diversity within societies around the world presents both challenges and opportunities. A degree of competition between deeply held religious/worldview perspectives is natural and inevitable, yet at the same time the world urgently needs engagement and partnership across lines of difference. None of the world’s most pressing problems can be solved by any single actor, and as such it is not a question of if but when you partner with an individual or institution that does not think, act, or believe as you do. The authors argue that religious literacy—defined as a dynamic combination of competencies and skills, continuously refined through real-world cross-cultural engagement—is vital to building societies and states of neighborly solidarity and civic fairness. Through examination, reflection, and case studies across multiple faith traditions and professional fields, this handbook equips scholars and students, as well as policymakers and practitioners, to assess, analyze, and act collaboratively in a world of deep diversity. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : Kevin O'Grady
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351064361

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Religious Education as a Dialogue with Difference by Kevin O'Grady Pdf

Religious Education as a Dialogue with Difference addresses current issues over the study of religion in publicly maintained schools. Are liberal, inclusive approaches to the study of religion suited to the aims of education in a democracy? Do liberal democratic aims offer the right framework for the study of religion? By presenting research on English secondary school pupils' motivation in religious education, this volume argues that religious education is best understood as a democratic dialogue with difference. The book offers empirical evidence for this claim, and it demonstrates how learners gain in religious literacy, both through the exercise of democratic citizenship in the classroom and towards the goal of life-long democratic citizenship.

Author : Robert Nash,Penny A. Bishop
Publisher : IAP
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781607523130

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Teaching Adolescents Religious Literacy in a Post-9/11 World by Robert Nash,Penny A. Bishop Pdf

For thousands of years, religion has been a key element of human societies. Whenever we, as educators, exclude or minimize religion’s vast role in society, we leave out a large part of our world’s shared history. This is a serious act of educational omission, even neglect, on the part of our nation’s public middle and secondary schools, particularly when adolescents are so ready to engage in meaningful conversation about the world that surrounds them. Our book’s central purpose is to provide middle-level and high school teachers with the necessary background knowledge and pedagogical skills necessary to help adolescents become religiously literate learners and citizens. Currently, there is no text like ours on the market that both covers a number of world religions, and presents concrete recommendations for teaching and learning this material. Our book is meant to educate the following audiences: teacher educators, middle-level and high school teachers in all content areas, administrators, school boards, and parents. For us, educating for religious literacy is all about bringing adolescents into the 21st century of teeming religious and spiritual diversity—a long-neglected component of the multicultural curriculum in public schools. In a post-9/11 world, religious literacy requires that students understand the whats and whys of differing religious beliefs, both in their own country and elsewhere. It means looking for commonalities, as well as differences, between and among the great wisdom traditions—both nationally and internationally. It is about understanding how all of us might live peacefully in a religiously diverse world. Our book accomplishes these goals by being informative, practical, experiential, case-based, and, above all, accessible to beginners.

Author : Ariel Ennis
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351796774

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Teaching Religious Literacy by Ariel Ennis Pdf

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 A Priest and a Rabbi Walk Into a Bar: Now What? -- 2 Introducing Religious Literacy -- 3 Measuring Religious Literacy -- 4 Translating to a Workshop -- 5 Sample Workshop -- 6 Workshop Outcomes -- 7 Bringing Faith Zone to Your Campus -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- References -- Index

Author : Michael D. Waggoner
Publisher : R&L Education
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475801637

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Religion in the Public Schools by Michael D. Waggoner Pdf

The purpose of this book is to illustrate the complexity of the social, cultural, and legal milieu of schooling in the United States in which the improvement of religious literacy and understanding must take place. Public education is the new commons.

Author : W. Y. Alice Chan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000402070

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Teaching Religious Literacy to Combat Religious Bullying by W. Y. Alice Chan Pdf

This text explores the phenomenon of religious bullying as it manifests in two North American contexts and theorizes religious literacy as a viable school-based intervention to promote understanding of religious and non-religious difference. Using substantive, qualitative data from schools and communities in California and Quebec, Teaching Religious Literacy to Combat Religious Bullying examines the impact of mandatory religious literacy courses delivered in secondary schools and identifies curricula, teacher attitudes, training, and administrative support as key determinants of course impact. Drawing on Bronfenbrenner’s social-ecological framework, the text then illustrates how the environmental factors both in and outside of the school considerably influence teacher and student attitudes to religious and non-religious traditions. Practical recommendations are made to combat overarching societal trends and religious discrimination within the classroom, and context is cited as key to an effective discussion on religious literacy more broadly. This text will benefit researchers, academics, and educators with an interest in religious literacy, religious education, the sociology of education, and those looking at the field of bullying and truancy more widely. Those interested in intersectionality, marginalized communities, secularism, and educational policy will also benefit from the volume.