Teaching religious literacy to combat religious bullying: insights from North American secondary schools
"This text explores the phenomenon of religious bullying as it manifests in two North American contexts, and theorizes religious literacy as a viable school-based intervention to promote understanding of religious and non-religious difference. Using substantive, qualitative data from schools in...
| Published in: | Routledge research in religion and education |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis
2021
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Routledge research in religion and education (19)
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| Series/Journal: | Routledge research in religion and education
19 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
North America
/ Secondary school level
/ Religion
/ Exclusion
/ Mobbing
/ Religious education
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AH Religious education KBQ North America |
| Further subjects: | B
Religious Education
Study and teaching (Secondary)
B Religious Education (North America) B Bullying in schools (North America) |
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| Summary: | "This text explores the phenomenon of religious bullying as it manifests in two North American contexts, and theorizes religious literacy as a viable school-based intervention to promote understanding of religious and non-religious difference. Using substantive, qualitative data from schools in California and Quebec, Teaching Religious Literacy to Combat Religious Bullying examines the impact of mandatory religious literacy courses delivered in secondary schools, and identifies curricula, teacher attitudes, training, and administrative support as key determinants of course impact. Drawing on Bronfenbrenner's social-ecological framework, the text then illustrates how the environmental factors both in and outside of the school considerably influence teacher and student attitudes to religious and non-religious traditions. Practical recommendations are made to combat overarching societal trends and religious discrimination within the classroom, and context is cited as key to an effective discussion on religious literacy more broadly. This text will benefit researchers, academics, and educators with an interest in religious literacy, religious education, the sociology of education, and those looking at the field of bullying and truancy more widely. Those interested in intersectionality, marginalised communities, secularism, and educational policy will also benefit from the volume"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0367640414 |