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This book studies the relationship between religion and education in the Indian context. It analyses the creative interface between religion and education as empirical categories and overlapping modes of pedagogical transmission. The volume investigates the ways in which religious identities are shaped through education both at home and at school. It brings together academics and researchers working in different faith traditions like Islam, Hinduism, and Sikhism to understand the significance of transmitting religious education and the need to pay closer attention to sites through which religious instruction is being disseminated.
Topical and lucid, this book will be an important reading for scholars and researchers of sociology, religious studies, secularism, sociology of education, political sociology, South Asia studies, and education in general.
List of contents
1. Introduction: Religion, Education and a Case for Religious Education in India 2. Translating the Bible, Transforming the Zo 3. Beyond Dolls and Handkerchiefs: Christian Missionary Intervention and Women's Education in Travancore, 1870-1950 4. The Making of an Ideal Hindu Child: The Pedagogy of the Gita Press 5. Educating Lay Muslims: Religious Pedagogy in Bengal. 6. Educating Girls in a Sikh School 7. Caste, Gender and Muslim Education in Bhopal 8. Education, Politics and Glocality: The Politics of Ahle Hadis in India
About the author
Arshad Alam, PhD, is an independent researcher based in New Delhi, India.
Summary
This book studies the relationship between religion and education in the Indian context. It analyses the creative interface between religion and education as empirical categories and overlapping modes of pedagogical transmission.
