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Religious Education: Educating for Diversity


Religious Education: Educating for Diversity

Paperback by Barnes, Dr L. Philip (King's College London, UK); Davis, Andrew (Durham University, UK); Halstead, J. Mark (University of Huddersfield, UK)

Religious Education: Educating for Diversity

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ISBN:
9781472571069
Publication Date:
27 Aug 2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:
Bloomsbury Academic
Pages:
160 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 16 - 21 May 2024
Religious Education: Educating for Diversity

Description

Religious Education: Educating for Diversity raises issues that are central to the theory and practice of education, and in particular religious education, in modern liberal democracies characterized by diversity in its different forms. What kind of religious education is best equipped both to challenge prejudice and intolerance in society and to develop responsible and respectful relationships between people from different communities or with different commitments? Two eminent educators address this question and propose contrasting answers. Attention is given to the aims of education and the contribution of religious education to the curriculum; historical forms of religious education; the nature of diversity in society; the roots of prejudice; different methodologies in religious education and their philosophical and religious commitments; and to positive strategies to enable religious education to realise its potential and contribute to the social and moral aims of liberal education.

Contents

Notes on Contributors Series Editor's Preface Foreword, J. Mark Halstead Part I - Religious Education: Taking Religious Difference Seriously, L. Philip Barnes Part II - Religious Education: A Pluralist Approach, Andrew Davis Afterword, J. Mark Halstead Bibliography Index

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