1st Edition

Religion, Education, Dialogue and Conflict Perspectives on Religious Education Research

Edited By Robert Jackson Copyright 2012
192 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

Religion, Education, Dialogue and Conflict analyses the European Commission-funded REDCo project, which addressed the question of how religions might contribute to dialogue or conflict in Europe. Researchers in education from eight countries – the UK, Estonia, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the Russian Federation, Norway and Spain – studied how young Europeans of different religious,... Read more

1. The REDCo Project: Editorial Introduction: Robert Jackson (Professor of Education, University of Warwick, UK, and Professor of Religious Diversity and Education, European Wergeland Centre, Oslo)

2. Young people’s talk about religion and diversity: A qualitative study of Norwegian students aged 13-15. Marie von der Lippe (Research Fellow, University of Stavanger, Norway).

3.Under the Shadow of Al-Andalus? Spanish Teenagers' attitudes and experiences with religious diversity at school. Gunther Dietz (Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Veracruz, Mexico), Aurora Veinguer (Lecturer in Social Anthropology, University of Granada, Spain) and Javier Rosón (Researcher, University of Granada, Spain).

4. Humanities teachers and their students in an English school: a comparison of their perspectives on religion and religious education: Joyce Miller (University of Warwick, UK) & Ursula McKenna (University of Warwick, UK)

5. Laïcité in practice : the perceptions of French teenagers. Bérengère Massignon (The Sorbonne, Paris).

6. Influences on Students’ Views on Religions and Education in England and Estonia: Sean Neill (University of Warwick, UK) and Olga Schihalejev (University of Tartu, Estonia).

7. A Contextual Setting Approach: A Contribution to the Understanding of How Young People View and Experience Religion and Education in Europe. Thorsten Knauth (University of Duisberg-Essen) and Anna Körs (University of Hamburg).

8. RE Teachers’ Responses to Religious Diversity in Europe: Researching the Relationship between Biography and Pedagogy: Ina ter Avest, (Utrecht University, the Netherlands), Cok Bakker (Utrecht University, the Netherlands), Judith Everington (University of Warwick, UK), Anna van der Want (Utrecht University, the Netherlands).

9. Investigating the impact of religious diversity in schools for secondary education: a challenging but necessary exercise. Gerdien Bertram-Troost (VU University, Amsterdam).

10. REDCo Findings in Support of Dialogue and Hermeneutics: Fedor Kozyrev (Russian Christian Academy for the Humanities, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation).

11. The Interpretive Approach as a Research Tool: Inside the REDCo Project: Robert Jackson: (Professor of Education, University of Warwick, UK, and Professor of Religious Diversity and Education, European Wergeland Centre, Oslo).

12. Reflections on the REDCo Project: Wolfram Weisse (University of Hamburg)

Biography

Robert Jackson is Professor of Education at the University of Warwick, Director of Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit, and Professor of Religious Diversity and Education at the Council of Europe-related European Wergeland Centre in Oslo. He is Editor of the British Journal of Religious Education.