Religious education in a global-local world /Jenny Berglund, Yafa Shanneik, Brian Bocking, editors.

"Many, though not all, of the chapters in this book originated as papers presented at the "RE21 Religious Education in a Global-Local World" international conference hosted by the Study of Religions Department at University College Cork, Ireland, in August 2013"--Introduction, page 6.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction / Jenny Berglund, Yafa Shanneik, and Brian Bocking -- Religious Education in European Organisations, Professional Associations and Research Groups / Robert Jackson -- Comparative Studies in Religious Education: Perspectives Formed Around a Suggested Methodology / Oddrun Marie Hovde Bråten -- What Have We Learned from Four Decades of Non-confessional Multi-faith Religious Education in England? Policy, Curriculum and Practice in English Religious Education 1969-2013 / Denise Cush -- Negotiating Religious Literacy Between National Policy and Catholic School Ethos in Cape Town, South Africa / Danika Driesen and Abdulkader Tayob -- Arab Money in Malian Islamic Schools: Co-optation of Networks, Domestication of Educational Sectors, and Standardization of Knowledge / Emilie Roy -- Islamic Religious Education in Muslim Schools: A Translation of Islam to the Swedish School System / Jenny Berglund -- Religion, Education and Religious Education in Irish Schools / Áine Hyland and Brian Bocking -- Religious Education as a Compulsory Subject in Russian Public Schools / Vadim Zhdanov -- Citizenship and RE: Different Interpretations in Discourse and Practice: A Case from Denmark / Karna Kjeldsen -- "They Aren't Holy": Dealing with Religious Differences in Irish Primary Schools / Yafa Shanneik -- Christians First. The Politics of Inclusion, Interreligious Literacy, and Christian Privilege: Comparing Australian and English Education / Cathy Byrne -- 'Geertz vs Asad' in RE Textbooks: A Comparison Between England's and Indonesia's Textbooks / Satoko Fujiwara -- Religious Education in Quebec's Ethics and Religious Culture Curriculum: A Cultural Approach / Stéphanie Gravel.

"This book examines Religious Education (RE) in over ten countries, including Australia, Indonesia, Mali, Russia, UK, Ireland, USA, and Canada. Investigating RE from a global and multi-interdisciplinary perspective, it presents research on the diverse past, present, and possible future forms of RE. In doing so, it enhances public and professional understanding of the complex issues and debates surrounding RE in the wider world. The volume emphasizes a student-centred approach, viewing any kind of 'RE', or its absence, as a formative lived experience for pupils. It stresses a bottom-up, sociological and ethnographic/anthropological research-based approach to the study of RE, rather than the 'top down' approaches which often start from prescriptive legal, ideological or religious standpoints. The twelve chapters in this volume regard RE as an entity that has multiple and contested meanings and interpretations that are constantly negotiated. For some, 'RE' means religious nurturing, either tailored to parental views or meant to inculcate a uniform religiosity. For others, RE means learning about the many religious and non-religious world-views and secular ethics that exist, not promoting one religion or another. Some seek to avoid the ambiguous term 'religious education', replacing it with terms such as 'education about religions and beliefs' or 'the religious dimension of intercultural education'."--Publisher's description.

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