The Routledge International Handbook of Education, Religion and Values

ISBN-13: 9780415519199 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 410 str.

James Arthur; Terry Lovat

Opis

The academic fields of religion and values have become the focus of renewed interest in contemporary thinking about human activity and its motivations. "The Routledge International Handbook of Education, Religion and Values "explores and expands upon a range of international research related to this revival. The book provides an authoritative overview of global issues in religion and values, surveying the state of the academic area in contributions covering a wide range of topics. It includes emerging, controversial, and cutting-edge contributions, as well as investigations into more established areas.

International authorities Arthur and Lovat have brought together experts from across the world to examine the complexity of the field of study. The handbook is organised around four key topics, which focus on both the importance of religion and values as broad fields of human enquiry, as well as in their application to education, inter-agency work and cross-cultural endeavours:

• The Conceptual World of Religion and Values
• Religion and Values in Education
• Religion and Values in Inter-agency Work
• Religion and Values in Cross-cultural Work

This comprehensive reference work combines theoretical and empirical research of international significance, and will be valuable reading for students, researchers and academics in the field of education.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part I: The Conceptual World of Religion and Values  Religious Meaning, Practical Reason and Values  Values and the Phenomenology of Religion  Do Values Depend on Religion? Would it be Best if they Didn't?  Existentially Sensitive Education  Diversity of Religions and Freedom of Religions and Belief  Some Reflections on Secular Values in Education  Part II: Religion and Values in Education  An Introduction to Education and Values  Catholic Values and Education Policy  Teachers and Christian Religious Values  Virtue and Value in Educational Research  Values and Religion in Education  Why Meditate?  Soul Searching: Prayer and Process of Education  From "Islamic" Values to "Religio-Secular" Values in Muslim Contexts: Pedagogical Implications of a Conceptual Shift  "The Cowl and the Curriculum" – the New Monasticism, Values and Schools  A Dynamic Systems Approach to Moral and Spiritual Development  Part III: Religion and Values in Inter-agency Work  Religion and Values: A Review of Empirical Research  Values and Spirituality in Social Work  Religion in the Public Sphere  Moral Problems of New Technologies  Human and Religious Values in Society: A Relativistic Perspective  Diverse Political Values: Human Rights and Global Democracy  Faith Communities, Social Capital and Civic Engagement  Part IV: Religion and Values in Cross-cultural Work  The Intersection of Religious Education and Values  Religious Identity in a Post-Modern Culture  Education and Religious Authority: Six Benchmark Questions for Framing an Enquiry  Educating for Harmony in Conflict Settings  Sibling Rivalry Between Islam and the West: The Problem Lies Within  Going Beyond Reason? Variants of Intertwining Religion and Law  Ethics in an Optics: The Levinasian Perspective on Value as Primary  Shari‘ah Values for Modern Societies: Analysis of Contents and Contexts  The Subjective and Universal in Modern Islamic Values