Human Rights and Religion in Educational Contexts

What is the role of religion(s) in a human rights culture and in human rights education?
How do human rights and religion relate in the context of public education?
And what can religious education at public schools contribute to human rights education?
These are the core questions addressed by this book. Stimulating deliberations, illuminating analyses and promising conceptual perspectives are offered by renowned experts from ten countries and diverse academic disciplines.

List of contents

Part I Introduction and Foundation.- Part II Human Rights and Religion - Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Examples.- Part III Human Rights Education and Public Religious Education - Pedagogical Perspectives.- Part IV Human Rights Education and Public Religious Education - International Perspectives.

About the author

Dr. Manfred L. Pirner ist Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Evangelische Theologie/Religionspädagogik der Universität Bamberg.

Summary

What is the role of religion(s) in a human rights culture and in human rights education?
How do human rights and religion relate in the context of public education?
And what can religious education at public schools contribute to human rights education?
These are the core questions addressed by this book. Stimulating deliberations, illuminating analyses and promising conceptual perspectives are offered by renowned experts from ten countries and diverse academic disciplines.

Product details

• Assisted by: Heiner Bielefeldt (Editor), Johanne Lähnemann (Editor), Johannes Lähnemann (Editor), Manfred Pirner (Editor), Manfred L. Pirner (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Original title: Menschenrechte und inter-religiöse Bildung: Referate und Ergebnisse des Nürnberger Forums 2013
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319393506
• ISBN: 978-3-31-939350-6
• No. of pages: 346
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 25 mm x 243 mm
• Weight: 691 g
• Illustrations: VII, 346 p. 3 illus., 2 illus. in color.
• Series: Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Rights; Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Rights
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law