Reaching for the sky : religious education from Christian and Islamic perspectives / edited by Stella El Bouayadi-van de Wetering and Siebren Miedema.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bouayadi-van de Wetering, Stella el.

Miedema, Siebren, 1949-

Series:

Currents of encounter ; 43.

Currents of encounter ; v. 43

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious education.

Christianity.

Islam.

Physical Description:

281 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2012.

Summary:

Young people have to make their own way in the world; they have to give meaning to and find meaning in their lives. This is the field of religious education, which is provided by parents, religious leaders, or teachers of religion and worldviews. One of the most important challenges is to educate children in their own religion, emphasizing that religion's tolerant and peaceful side and to teach children about the beliefs of other traditions. An even more important challenge is to teach them to live together in peace and justice. This volume deals with religious education in Christianity and Islam in specific countries. Scholars in religious education need to know more about the ways in which Muslims and Christians perceive and practice their respective forms of religious education.

ISBN:

9789042034792

9042034793

OCLC:

779881726