Religious Diversity at School

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Introduction Religious Diversity at School

   • Ednan Aslan, Marcia Hermansen

   Pages 1-12

3. Educating for Pluralism and Religious Education in Plural Settings

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Adolescents’ Views on Religion(s) and on Non-religious Worldviews

      • Sabine Hermisson, Perman Gochyyev

      Pages 15-39

   3. Significance of the Religiosity and Educational Backgrounds of Young Refugees in Germany: Results from an Empirical Mixed-Methods Study

      • Manfred L. Pirner, Julia Bradtke

      Pages 41-61

   4. Islamic Religious Education in German Primary Schools: Researching the Responses of Parents and Pupils

      • Asligül Aysel

      Pages 63-78

   5. Teachers’ Multi-Voiced Identity: Stimulating Religious Development in Children Aged 9–10 Within a Plural Context

      • Ina ter Avest

      Pages 79-94

   6. The Religious Educational Habitus of Islamic Religion Teachers. A Reconstructive Study of Collective Frameworks of Orientation in the Context of (Inter-) Religious Education

      • Şenol Yağdı

      Pages 95-108

   7. Religious Sensitivity and Teacher Professionalism in the Field of School-Based Refugee Education: Empirical Findings and Conceptual Perspectives

      • Henrik Simojoki

      Pages 109-122

   8. Re-Conceptualizing Radicalization: The Educational Research Context of Counter-Extremism Through the Prism of Worldviews and Value Learning

      • Arniika Kuusisto, Liam Francis Gearon, Saija Benjamin, Pia-Maria Koirikivi

      Pages 123-137

4. Challenges and Responses to Religious Diversity and Pluralism in the Classroom

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139

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   2. The Fundamentals of Christian-Islamic Dialogue from an Islamic Perspective

      • Zekirija Sejdini

      Pages 141-149

   3. Religious Fundamentalism as a Challenge for (Inter-)religious Education

      • Wolfgang Weirer

      Pages 151-163

   4. Combatting Prejudice and Discrimination: Challenges for Religious Education in the Case of Refugees

      • Zsófia Windisch, Martin Rothgangel

      Pages 165-175

   5. Religious Education as a Location for Encountering Pluralism and for Developing Identity

      • Areti Demosthenous

      Pages 177-194

   6. Children and Youth Re-Imagining Their Future in a Troubling world

      • Almeda M. Wright

      Pages 195-209

5. Case Studies: Islam, Muslims, and Islamic Religious Education in Plural Settings

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-211

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   2. Islamic Education in Four European Countries: England, The Netherlands, Russia, and Sweden

      • Holger Daun

      Pages 213-233

   3. The Teacher Training Program for Islamic Religious Education in the German State of Hesse

      • Yaşar Sarıkaya

      Pages 235-251

   4. Islamic Religious Education in Austria and Its Challenges for the Social Integration of Muslim Pupils

      • Michael Kramer

      Pages 253-273

This volume features chapters by international experts in education, sociology, and theology who consider a range of challenges faced by educators in primary and secondary schools that are becoming increasingly diverse in terms of the ethnic and religious backgrounds of pupils. From the non-religious, to the refugee, to student fundamentalism and even radicalization­—these multiple, fresh approaches analyze the dynamics of the changing pedagogical landscape in an age of ever increasing globalization and cultural plurality. Today’s classrooms are often the most crucial spaces where children and adolescents encounter new cultural, religious, and other worldviews. Increasingly, teachers are called on to empower their pupils with the tools and competencies necessary to reflect on and process this plurality in ways that are productive for their intellectual growth and moral maturation.

            Regional case studies provide extensive data while offering insights into developments in school settings across Europe, in Turkey, and in the United States. In addition, a number of the contributions address the delivery, content, and policies of Islamic Religious Education in European contexts, the educational strategies employed in multi-religious societies, and interreligious dialogue in schools, whether intentional or spontaneous.

• Islam
• Religious Education
• Integration of Migrants
• Migration, ethics and Religion
• Migration and Religion

• Universität Wien, Wien, Austria

  Ednan Aslan

• Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, USA

  Marcia Hermansen

Prof. Dr. Ednan Aslan is Chair of Islamic Religious Education at the Institute for Islamic Theological Studies at the University of Vienna.Prof. Dr. Marcia Hermansen is Director of the Islamic World Studies program at Loyola University Chicago where she teaches courses in Islamic Studies and Religious Studies in the Theology Department. 

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