Values, Human Rights and Religious Education (Paperback)

Jeff Astley

ISBN 10: 1788745256 / ISBN 13: 9781788745253

Published by Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, Oxford, 2018

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Paperback. 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. 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Values, Human Rights and Religious Education (Paperback)
• Publisher: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, Oxford
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1788745256
• ISBN 13: 9781788745253
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.