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Religious education in a global-local world /

"This book examines Religious Education (RE) in over ten countries, including Australia, Indonesia, Mali, Russia, UK, Ireland, USA, and Canada. Investigating RE from a global and multi-interdisciplinary perspective, it presents research on the diverse past, present, and possible future forms of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: RE21 Religious Education in a Global--Local World
Otros Autores: Berglund, Jenny (Editor ), Shanneik, Yafa (Editor ), Bocking, Brian, 1951- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Switzerland : Springer, ©2016.
Colección:Boundaries of religious freedom ; v. 4.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"This book examines Religious Education (RE) in over ten countries, including Australia, Indonesia, Mali, Russia, UK, Ireland, USA, and Canada. Investigating RE from a global and multi-interdisciplinary perspective, it presents research on the diverse past, present, and possible future forms of RE. In doing so, it enhances public and professional understanding of the complex issues and debates surrounding RE in the wider world. The volume emphasizes a student-centred approach, viewing any kind of 'RE', or its absence, as a formative lived experience for pupils. It stresses a bottom-up, sociological and ethnographic/anthropological research-based approach to the study of RE, rather than the 'top down' approaches which often start from prescriptive legal, ideological or religious standpoints. The twelve chapters in this volume regard RE as an entity that has multiple and contested meanings and interpretations that are constantly negotiated. For some, 'RE' means religious nurturing, either tailored to parental views or meant to inculcate a uniform religiosity. For others, RE means learning about the many religious and non-religious world-views and secular ethics that exist, not promoting one religion or another. Some seek to avoid the ambiguous term 'religious education', replacing it with terms such as 'education about religions and beliefs' or 'the religious dimension of intercultural education'."--Publisher's description.
Notas:"Many, though not all, of the chapters in this book originated as papers presented at the "RE21 Religious Education in a Global-Local World" international conference hosted by the Study of Religions Department at University College Cork, Ireland, in August 2013"--Introduction, page 6.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 243 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783319322896
3319322893
ISSN:2214-529X ;