Human Rights and Religion in Educational Contexts

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.

Fundamental clarifications of the relationship between religions and human rights Concepts for integrating religion into human rights education and human rights into public religious education Renowned experts from ten countries, various academic disciplines and different religious or nonreligious backgrounds

Inhalt

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.