Religious Education in a World of Religious Diversity

Contents

Religious Education in a World of Difference. Introduction

1. Introduction

2. ISREV. A short historical overview

3. The development of pluralist RE in Britain

4. The historicity and reflexivity of learning and understanding

References

Towards a New Paradigm of RE in Eastern Europe

1. ARTE and its Declaration

2. Stating the problem. Progress or adaptation?

3. Landmarks of progress

4. Shift of paradigms and two vectors of European development

5. Humanitarian paradigm of RE

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Pedagogical Challenges for Educating an Authentic Religious Identity and Responsible Pluralism

1. Defining the context

2. Negotiating religious and cultural identity

3. Exploring boundaries

4. Building bridges across translocational positionalities

5. Pedagogical challenges of building a pluralistic future

6. Concluding remarks

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Reforming and Transforming Tradition

1. Diversity of educational forms

2. Tolerance and the diversity of religious forms

3. Tradition: measuring diversity

4. Transformation

5. Conclusion

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Understanding Religious Education Through Human Rights Values

1. Introduction

2. Human rights values

3. An analyses of students’ conceptual understanding of human rights before the formal facilitation of human rights values ( HRV)

4. A conceptual framework and an analysis of students’ reflections and reflexivity on HRV in praxis

5. Conclusion

References

Inter-Buddhist Religious Education in Ontario’s Public Schools: A Model for Accommodating Religious Diversity

1. Introduction

2. Buddhism and public recognition

3. Religion in “Multiculturalism” and Schools in Ontario

4. Buddhist ecumenism in Toronto and inter-Buddhist religious education

5. A model of inter-Buddhist religious education

6. Conclusion

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Liberal Religious Education in Japan: From the Jinzo Naruse’s Perspective

1. Introduction

2. Transition of Naruse’ s religious views

3. Religious education of Japan Women’s University

4. Conclusion

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Silence, Exile and Cunning: Postcolonial Conversations in Religious Diversity

1. Postcolonialism and its uncertainty

2. Enactment of third space

3. Implications for hybridity of religious educators

4. Promise for practice

5. Practical implications

6. Skills for this work

7. Concluding note

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Developing an Interfaith Dimension in RE: Theological Foundations and Educational Framework with Special Reference to Turkish Experience

1. Religious education and tradition

2. The present state: possibilities and problems

3. A starting point in inter-religious education: a believing mind

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The Media Culture Approach to Religious Education. An Outline with a Focus on Interreligious Learning

1. The media culture approach to RE – an illustrative introduction

2. The media culture approach to RE – theoretical perspectives

3. Popular media culture as a lingua franca for intercultural learning? – some empirical findings

4. The triangle of interreligious learning

5. Globalization and cultural pluralism within popular media culture

6. Conclusion

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Spiritual Intelligence and its Contribution to Religious Education Leadership in a Time of Religious Pluralism and Divisiveness

Introduction

1. The social, cultural, political and educational context

2. Criteria for religious education leadership

3. The role of Spiritual Intelligence in promoting effective leadership in religious education

4. Discussion

5. Conclusion

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Cultural Transmission and the Balance Between Tradition and Enlightenment. The Example of Islam

1. Introduction. The virtual ummah

2. The educational balance of tradition and enlightenment versus the idea of ‘ The Enlightenment’ in the public debate on Islam ( in five theses)

3. In conclusion: towards a reflexive form of Islamic education

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Religious Education between Certainty and Uncertainty. Towards a Pedagogy of Diversity

1. Introduction

2. Desecularization, deprivatization and plurality

3. Security instead of certainty

4. A pedagogy of diversity

5. A historized, contextual and temporal basis

References

List of Authors and Editors