Issues in religion and education : whose religion? / edited by Lori G. Beaman, Leo Van Arragon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beaman, Lori G., editor.

Van Arragon, Leo, editor.

Series:

International studies in religion and society ; Volume 25.

International Studies in Religion and Society, 1573-4293 ; Volume 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion in the public schools--Cross-cultural studies--Congresses.

Religion in the public schools.

Church and education--Cross-cultural studies--Congresses.

Church and education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (414 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Issues in Religion and Education, Whose Religion? is a contribution to the dynamic and evolving global debates about the role of religion in public education. This volume provides a cross-section of the debates over religion, its role in public education and the theoretical and political conundrums associated with resolutions. The chapters reflect the contested nature of the role of religion in public education around the world and explore some of the issues mentioned from perspectives reflecting the diverse contexts in which the authors are situated. The differences among the chapters reflect some of the particular ways in which various jurisdictions have come to see the problem and how they have addressed religious diversity in public education in the context of their own histories and politics.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Lori G. Beaman and Leo Van Arragon

Introduction / Leo Van Arragon and Lori G. Beaman

Public Religion in an Age of Ambivalence: Recovering Religious Literacy after a Century of Secularism / Adam Dinham

Religion and Education in Ontario Public Education: Contested Borders and Uneasy Truces / Leo Van Arragon

Minority Faiths and Religious Education Policy: The Case of Australian and American Jews, 1945–1980 / Damon Mayrl

Religion as a Separate Area of Study in India / Asha Mukherjee

What is Indian ‘Religion’? How Should it Be Taught? / Sonia Sikka

What Does Conceptualisation of Religion Have to Do with Religion in Education? / Geir Skeie

Law’s Entanglements: Resolving Questions of Religion and Education / Lori G. Beaman , Lauren L. Forbes and Christine L. Cusack

From Religion to Spirituality in Education: Towards a Political Regulation of Spirituality? / Solange Lefebvre

The Spaces in Between: Religion, Sexual Identity, Media and Education in Ontario / Heather Shipley

Neutrality in Public School Religion Education: Theory and Politics / Bruce Grelle

Religion, the Elephant in the Asia-Focused Australian School Room / Catherine Byrne

Religion in Schools: A Human Rights Contribution to the Debate / Alison Mawhinney

Who Speaks for Religion? / Pamela Dickey Young

Lagging Behind Other Nations: The Religions in School Debate in Australia / Anna Halafoff and Kim Lam

Religion and the Cultures of Higher Education: Student Christianity in the UK / Mathew Guest

Impartiality of Teachers in Quebec’s Non-Denominational Ethics and Religious Culture Program / Stéphanie Gravel

Index / Lori G. Beaman and Leo Van Arragon.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-28981-X

OCLC:

903489275

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004289819 DOI