Human Rights and Religion in Educational Contexts [Paperback]

What is the role of religion(s) in a human rights culture and in human rights education?

How do human rights and religion relate in the context of public education?

And what can religious education at public schools contribute to human rights education?

These are the core questions addressed by this book. Stimulating deliberations, illuminating analyses and promising conceptual perspectives are offered by renowned experts from ten countries and diverse academic disciplines.

Part I Introduction and Foundation.- Part II Human Rights and Religion  Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Examples.- Part III Human Rights Education and Public Religious Education  Pedagogical Perspectives.- Part IV Human Rights Education and Public Religious Education  International Perspectives.

What is the role of religion(s) in a human rights culture and in human rights education?

How do human rights and religion relate in the context of public education?

And what can religious education at public schools contribute to human rights education?

These are the core questions addressed by this book. Stimulating deliberations, illuminating analyses and promising conceptual perspectives are offered by renowned experts from ten countries and diverse academic disciplines.