Islam and Citizenship Education

ISBN-13: 9783658086022 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 318 str.

Ednan Aslan;Marcia Hermansen

Opis

The scholarly contributors to this volume investigate various means to stimulate and facilitate reflection on new social relations while clarifying the contradictions between religious and social affiliation from different perspectives and experiences. They explore hindrances whose removal could enable Muslim children and youth to pursue equal participation in political and social life, and the ways that education could facilitate this process.

Spis treści

Muslims in Europe.- Citizenship Education.- Religion and Citizenship Education.- Values and Citizenship Education. 

O autorze

Dr. Ednan Aslan is Chair of the Institute for Islamic Studies and Islamic Religious Education at the Center for Teacher Education at the University of Vienna. 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 as a Professor in the Theology Department.

Blurb

The scholarly contributors to this volume investigate various means to stimulate and facilitate reflection on new social relations while clarifying the contradictions between religious and social affiliation from different perspectives and experiences. They explore hindrances whose removal could enable Muslim children and youth to pursue equal participation in political and social life, and the ways that education could facilitate this process.

 Contents

• Muslims in Europe
• Citizenship Education
• Religion and Citizenship Education
• Values and Citizenship Education

Target Groups

Researchers and students interested in Public, Academics-Education, Religious and Migration Studies

The Editors

Dr. Ednan Aslan is Chair of the Institute for Islamic Studies and Islamic Religious Education at the Center for Teacher Education at the University of Vienna.

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 as a Professor in the Theology Department.