Religious literacy in policy and practice
This valuable book is the first to bring together theory and policy with analysis of key areas of the public realm to explore what religious literacy is, why it is needed and what might be done about it. It is aimed at academics, policy-makers and practitioners interested in the continuing presence...
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2015
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| 505 | 8 | 0 | |a Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements ; Notes on contributors; one; Religious literacy: contesting an idea and practice; Why is religious literacy needed?; Religious Literacy Leadership in Higher Education Programme; The challenge of pinning down 'religious literacy'; The real religious landscape; Outline of the chapters; two; Diminishing religious literacy: methodological assumptions and analytical frameworks for promoting the public understanding of religion ; Religions are internally diverse; Religions evolve and change; Religious influences are embedded in cultures |
| 505 | 8 | 0 | |a Definition of religious literacyCultural studies ; Johan Galtung: direct, structural and cultural forms of violence and peace; Implications; Conclusions; three; Religious literacy in the context of Theology and Religious Studies1; Theology and Religious Studies; Theology and public argument; Theology and description; Institutional contexts; Conclusions; four; The irony of religious illiteracy in the USA; Origins of American religious illiteracy; Conclusion; five; Religious literacy as lokahi: social harmony through diversity ; Introduction; Concept of lokahi ; Lokahi and religious literacy |
| 505 | 8 | 0 | |a Case studies: religious literacy as an encounter with diversityConclusions; six; Religious literacy and welfare; The willing transfer; Invisible presence; Anxious re-visibility; seven; Religious literacy, radicalisation and extremism; Tackling the threat through policy; From many gods to more; Division from cohesion; Case study in complexity: Buddhism in the UK ; 'Brainwashing' and 'radicalisation': we've been here before; Conclusions; A future for religiously literate policy?; eight; Religious literacy, equalities and human rights; Introduction; The cases; Eweida v British Airways4 |
| 505 | 8 | 0 | |a Ladele v London Borough of Islington8McFarlane v Relate Avon Ltd10; Noah v Desrosiers13; Amachree v Wandsworth Borough Council16; Fugler v MacMillan-London Hair Studios Limited20; Discussion and conclusions; nine; Religious illiteracy in school Religious Education; Introduction; Sum and the parts; Examination system and religious illiteracy; Rise of the personal and gaps between home and school; Failure to address the 'other'; Conclusions: underlying causes; ten; Religious literacy in higher education; Emergence of the modern university; Towards a higher education market |
| 505 | 8 | 0 | |a Religion in the university todayPriorities and challenges for religious literacy in higher education; Conclusions; eleven; Religious literacy and social work: the view from Australia; Religious literacy for working with others; Religious literacy for working with faith-based organisations; Religious literacies for social workers employed by faith-based organisations; Conclusions; twelve; Religious literacy and the media: the case of the BBC; Understanding the background: the BBC and religious broadcasting; View from the inside; Why religious literacy is important |
| 505 | 8 | 0 | |a Confusing religion and the far right |
| 520 | |a This valuable book is the first to bring together theory and policy with analysis of key areas of the public realm to explore what religious literacy is, why it is needed and what might be done about it. It is aimed at academics, policy-makers and practitioners interested in the continuing presence of religion and belief in the public sphere. | ||
| 520 | |a Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on contributors -- one -- Religious literacy: contesting an idea and practice -- Why is religious literacy needed? -- Religious Literacy Leadership in Higher Education Programme -- The challenge of pinning down 'religious literacy' -- The real religious landscape -- Outline of the chapters -- two -- Diminishing religious literacy: methodological assumptions and analytical frameworks for promoting the public understanding of religion -- Religions are internally diverse -- Religions evolve and change -- Religious influences are embedded in cultures -- Definition of religious literacy -- Cultural studies -- Johan Galtung: direct, structural and cultural forms of violence and peace -- Implications -- Conclusions -- three -- Religious literacy in the context of Theology and Religious Studies1 -- Theology and Religious Studies -- Theology and public argument -- Theology and description -- Institutional contexts -- Conclusions -- four -- The irony of religious illiteracy in the USA -- Origins of American religious illiteracy -- Conclusion -- five -- Religious literacy as lokahi: social harmony through diversity -- Introduction -- Concept of lokahi -- Lokahi and religious literacy -- Case studies: religious literacy as an encounter with diversity -- Conclusions -- six -- Religious literacy and welfare -- The willing transfer -- Invisible presence -- Anxious re-visibility -- seven -- Religious literacy, radicalisation and extremism -- Tackling the threat through policy -- From many gods to more -- Division from cohesion -- Case study in complexity: Buddhism in the UK -- 'Brainwashing' and 'radicalisation': we've been here before -- Conclusions -- A future for religiously literate policy? -- eight -- Religious literacy, equalities and human rights -- Introduction -- The cases. | ||
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