Law, religious freedoms and education in Europe / edited by Myriam Hunter-Henin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hunter-Hénin, Myriam.

Series:

Cultural diversity and law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion in the public schools--Law and legislation--Europe.

Religion in the public schools.

Religious minorities--Legal status, laws, etc--Europe.

Religious minorities.

Freedom of religion--Europe.

Freedom of religion.

Religious minorities--Legal status, laws, etc.

Religion in the public schools--Law and legislation.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 383 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2011]

Contents:

The classroom as an tolerance lab / Lorenzo Zucca

Jewish day schools in France : mapping their Jewish identity proposals / Martine Cohen

Having faith in our schools : struggling with definitions of religion / Arif A. Jamal and Farid Panjwani

Religious discrimination and schools : the employment of teachers and the public sector duty / Lucy Vickers

Religion, regionalism and education in the United Kingdom : tales from Wales / Russell Sandberg and Anna Buchanan

Religion and education in Northern Ireland : voluntary segregation reflecting historical divisions / Christopher McCrudden

The French model : tensions between laïc and religious allegiances in French state and Catholic schools / Blandine Chélini-Pont

Religious education in a religiously neutral state : the German model / Heinrich de Wall

The controversy surrounding the denominational teaching of religion in Spanish state schools / Javier García Oliva

Religious education in Europe in the twenty-first century / Peter Cumper

Religious education and religious liberty : opt-outs and young people's sense of belonging / Alison Mawhinney ... [et al.]

History textbooks within the framework of French laïcité / Anna van den Kerchove

Teaching evolution, creationism and intelligent design in US schools (with some European comparisons) / Eric Barendt

Beating people is wrong : Campbell and Cosans, Williamson and their aftermath / Frank Cranmer

Bracelets, rings and veils : the accommodation of religious symbols in the uniform policies of English schools / Mark Hill

A uniform approach to religious discrimination? : the position of teachers and other school staff in the UK / Russell Sandberg

Of crucifixes and headscarves : religious symbols in German schools / Tobias Lock.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781409427308

1409427307

9781409427315

1409427315

OCLC:

754908746