Religious Literacy, Law and History: Perspectives on European Pluralist Societies

ISBN-13: 9780367534196 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 216 str.

Alberto Melloni; Francesca Cadeddu

Opis

This book examines religious illiteracy in Europe. It seeks to understand its effects on the social and political milieu through the framing of historical, institutional, religious, social, juridical and educational conditions within which it arises.

Spis treści

Preface;  Part I: One Literacy, More Literacies?;  1. European Religious Illiteracy: The Historical Framework of a Removed Agenda;  2. Religious Literacy in Modern Europe;  3. Different Illiteracies for Different Countries: Are There No Data for Religious Illiteracy?;  4. Religious Rights, Educational Duties?;  Part II: Understanding Illiteracies, Debating Disciplines?;  5. The Ethics of the Torah Compared to Neopaganism;  6. Theological Roots of Religious Illiteracy;  7. Philosophical Implications of Religious Illiteracy;  8. Is Religious Illiteracy a Private or a Public Issue?;  9. Secularism and Religious Literacy;  10. Is ‘Religious’ Violence Really Religious?;  11. European Law and the Veil: Muslim Women from Victims to Emblems of the Enemy;  Part III: Building Literacy, Shaping Alphabets;  12. Why Study Religions in Publicly Funded Schools?;  13. Teaching Faith;  14. The Role of the Media in the Development of Religious Illiteracy;  Part IV: Views and Experiences;  15. The Attitude of the Media to Religion;  16. A Jewish Educational Approach to Religious Pluralism;  17. Positions and Actions in the European Islam;