Is This the Other Within Me? The Varied Effects of Engaging in Interfaith Learning
Interfaith education appears to have a strong potential for prejudice reduction and for overcoming Islamophobia and antisemitism. Common in-group identity theory contends that awareness of interreligious similarities would reduce intergroup streotypes and anxiety. However, optimal distinctiveness th...
| Published in: | Religious education |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2020]
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| In: |
Religious education
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Judaism
/ Islam
/ Religious education
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| RelBib Classification: | AH Religious education AX Inter-religious relations |
| Further subjects: | B
Muslims
B common in-group identity theory B Jews B prejudice reduction B Interfaith education B optimal distinctiveness theory |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | Interfaith education appears to have a strong potential for prejudice reduction and for overcoming Islamophobia and antisemitism. Common in-group identity theory contends that awareness of interreligious similarities would reduce intergroup streotypes and anxiety. However, optimal distinctiveness theory assumes that pointing to similarities would actually pose an identity threat to learners, especially members of a minority. Jewish and Muslim Israeli adolescents who studied about similarities and inter religious influences between Islam and Judaism showed varied and contradictory reactions. Jewish students decreased prejudice while Muslim students slightly increased them. Findings are discussed in light of above theories, and point to educational implications. |
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| ISSN: | 1547-3201 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious education
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2020.1770014 |