1st Edition

Peace Education and Religious Plurality International Perspectives

Edited By Robert Jackson, Satoko Fujiwara Copyright 2008
134 Pages
by Routledge

134 Pages
by Routledge

134 Pages
by Routledge

Does religion bring peace or war? In order to discuss this fundamental question, it is essential to reflect upon religious education that shapes the views of religion among young generations. This book has developed from the special panel on "Religious Education and Peace" for the 19th World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR), the largest... Read more

1. Peace Education and Religious Education  2. Building Harmony and Peace through Multiculturalist Theology-Based Religious Education  3. Contemporary Religious Conflicts and Religious Education in the Republic of Korea  4. Problems of Teaching about Religion in Japan: Another Textbook Controversy Against Peace?  5. Jewish Religious Education as Peace Education: From Crisis to Opportunity  6. Religion, Identity and Education for Peace: Methodological Approaches  7. Religious Individualization: New Challenges to Education for Tolerance  9. Teaching World Religions, Tolerance and Peacemaking in the USA  10. ‘Religious Education and Peace’: A Response

Biography

Robert Jackson is Professor of Education at the University of Warwick and Director of the Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit. He is Editor of the British Journal of Religious Education., Satoko Fujiwara is Professor of Religious Studies at Taisho University in Japan. She is also an editor of the Journal of Religious Studies of the Japanese Association for Religious Studies