Religious Education in a Multicultural Europe
Children, Parents and Schools
Published on 29. August 2013
Book
Hardback
X, 215 pages
978-1-137-28149-4 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing on a major EU-funded research project, this book examines how religious/secular beliefs are formed at school and in the family across different European countries, offering insights into key policy issues concerning the place of religion in the school system and illuminating current debates around religion and multiculturalism.
Reviews / Votes
"This book is very informative ... an excellent place to look for new questions." - H-Net
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Series
Edition
2013 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Illustrations
X, 215 p.
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-28149-4 (9781137281494)
DOI
10.1057/9781137281500
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Emer Smyth | Maureen Lyons | Merike Darmody
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Children, Parents and Schools
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Children, Parents and Schools
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Persons
Linda Ahlgren, University of Edinburgh, UK
Silvia Avram, University of Essex, UK
Mary Darmanin, University of Malta, Malta
Merike Darmody, Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland (ESRI); Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Christa Dommel, Dortmund University, Germany
Jaap Dronkers, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Etaoine Howlett, University College Cork, Ireland
Goedroen Juchtmans, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Kathleen Lynch, University College Dublin, Ireland
Maureen Lyons, University College Dublin, Ireland
Gillean McCluskey, University of Edinburgh, UK
Ides Nicaise, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Sheila Riddell, University of Edinburgh, UK
Bert Roebben, Dortmund University, Germany
Emer Smyth, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Ireland; Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Elisabet Weedon, University of Edinburgh, UK
Content
1. Introduction; Emer Smyth, Merike Darmody and Maureen Lyons 2. Religion and Schooling: the European Context; Silvia Avram and Jaap Dronkers 3. Religious Education in Primary Schools in Scotland: Consensus or Uneasy Truce?; Sheila Riddell, Elisabet Weedon, Linda Ahlgren and Gillean McCluskey 4. The Material and Symbolic Cultures of the Everyday: Religion in Maltese Primary Schools; Mary Darmanin 5. Children's Agency and Religious Identity in Irish Primary Schools; Emer Smyth, Merike Darmody, Maureen Lyons, Kathleen Lynch and Etaoine Howlett 6. Religion and Immigration: The Acculturation Attitudes of Muslim Primary-School Children Attending Flemish Schools; Goedroen Juchtmans and Ides Nicaise 7. Education as Negotiation: Discovering New Patterns of Religious Identity Formation in Germany; Bert Roebben and Christa Dommel 8. Conclusions; Emer Smyth, Merike Darmody and Maureen Lyons Index