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Zusatztext Education about religion (religious studies) and for religion (faith formation) is practiced around the globe though implementation can differ markedly depending upon cultural context. This volume pulls together cross-national case studies to illuminate these differences, as well as commonalities, all in the service of improved practice through enriched understanding. Informationen zum Autor Jo Fraser-Pearce is Associate Professor (Teaching) at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK. James W. Fraser is Professor of History and Education at New York University, USA. Klappentext The Bloomsbury Handbook of Schools and Religion provides the first truly global scan of contemporary issues and debates around the world regarding the relationship(s) between the state, schools and religion. Organized around specific contested issues - from whether or not mindfulness should be practised in schools, to appropriate and inappropriate religious attire in schools, to long-term battles about evolution, sexuality, and race, to public funding - Fraser-Pearce and Fraser carefully curate chapters by leading experts exploring these matters and others in a diverse range of national settings. The Bloomsbury Handbook of Schools and Religion offers a refreshingly new international perspective. Vorwort Provides the first truly global scan of contemporary issues and debates around the world regarding the relationship(s) between schools and religion. Zusammenfassung The Bloomsbury Handbook of Schools and Religion provides the first truly global scan of contemporary issues and debates around the world regarding the relationship(s) between the state, schools and religion. Organized around specific contested issues — from whether or not mindfulness should be practised in schools, to appropriate and inappropriate religious attire in schools, to long-term battles about evolution, sexuality, and race, to public funding — Fraser-Pearce and Fraser carefully curate chapters by leading experts exploring these matters and others in a diverse range of national settings. The Bloomsbury Handbook of Schools and Religion offers a refreshingly new international perspective. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Why Look at Schools and Religion? Why do it Globally?, James Fraser (New York University, USA) and Jo Fraser-Pearce (University College London, UK) Part I: Schools, Religion and the State 2. School and Religion as a Mirror of State and Religion? – Bangladesh, England, Israel and Vietnam, Jo Fraser-Pearce (University College London, UK) 3. Schools and Religions: the Law and the Courts – Costa Rica, England, France, Italy, Senegal, South Africa, Switzerland and Turkey, Nigel Fancourt (University of Oxford, UK) 4. Government Funding for Religious Schools – Netherlands, Australia, Israel, Singapore, and Indonesia, Ashley Berner (Johns Hopkins University, USA) Part II: The Place of Religion in School Classrooms 5. Mindfulness in Schools – The United States, England, Singapore, and Vietnam, Bill Meyer (New York University, USA) 6. Religion, Language and National Identity Construction in School Textbooks in South Asia – India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, Laraib Niaz (University of Cambridge, UK), Kusha Anand (University College London, UK), Farid Panjwani (The Aga Khan University, Pakistan) and Marie Lall (University College London, UK) 7. Religion, Heritage and the Teaching of Black History – Brazil, the United States, South Africa, Ghana and Benin, Amilcar A. Pereira (Federal University of Rio Janeiro, Brazil) and Jessika Rezende Souza da Silva (Federal University of Rio Janeiro, Brazil) 8. Religious Education in Teacher Education: About, For and In Diversity? – Austria, Canada, England, Turkey and India, Alexi...
