The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religious Education in the Global South

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religious Education in the Global South presents new comparative perspectives on Religious Education (RE) across the Global South. Including 23 chapters written by scholars from the Global North and South, this is the first authoritative reference work on the subject. The handbook is thematically organised into seven sections. The first three sections deal with provision, response to changes in contemporary society, and decolonizing RE. The next four sections explore young people and RE, perspectives on teachers, RE in higher education, and finally, challenges and opportunities for RE. The term ''Global South'' is used here primarily to signify the deep economic divide with the Global North, but the concept is also examined in historical, geographical, political, social and cultural terms, including the indelible influence of religion in all four broadly defined regions. Exploring RE from local, cross-national as well as regional and sub-regional perspectives, the handbook examines RE from its diverse past, present realities, and envisioned future revealing not only tensions, contestations, injustices and inequalities of power, but importantly, how inclusive forms of RE can help solve these problems.>

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• Authors: Bruce A Collet, Yonah Hisbon Matemba
• Assisted by: Bruce A. Collet (Editor), Yonah Hisbon Matemba (Editor), Matemba Yonah Hisbon (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.02.2024
• EAN: 9781350245310
• ISBN: 978-1-350-24531-0
• No. of pages: 520
• Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; South America, Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Africa, Nationalism, comparative religion, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Religion / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, South East Asia, Regional Studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Regional / International studies, Moral and social purpose of education, Teaching of a specific subject, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), Higher education, tertiary education, Moral & social purpose of education, Pan-nationalism, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General, Educational: Religious studies