Values, Human Rights and Religious Education : Contested Grounds

This volume brings together three key and contested areas facing educationalists within schools, colleges and universities: values education, religious education and human rights education. Challenges and opportunities within each of these three areas may be illuminated and explored by bringing them into creative dialogue.

These core constructs were explored in a recent seminar convened by the International Seminar on Religious Education and Values, the leading international association for religious educators and values educators across the world. This volume presents twenty-one key contributions made to the seminar, spanning both conceptual and empirical perspectives and rooted in both religious and secular traditions. It draws together a unique collection of international perspectives on the interlocking themes of values, human rights and religious education.

Jeff Astley is the Alister Hardy Professor of Religious and Spiritual Experience within the Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit at the University of Warwick and Honorary Professor in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University.

Leslie J. Francis is Professor of Religions and Education at the University of Warwick and Director of the Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit.

David W. Lankshear is Research Fellow within the Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit at the University of Warwick and Visiting Professor at Glyndwr University.