Religious literacy in policy and practice
This valuable book is the first to bring together theory and policy with analysis of key areas of the public realm to explore what religious literacy is, why it is needed and what might be done about it. It is aimed at academics, policy-makers and practitioners interested in the continuing presence...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bristol
Policy Press
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religion and sociology
B Electronic books |
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| Summary: | This valuable book is the first to bring together theory and policy with analysis of key areas of the public realm to explore what religious literacy is, why it is needed and what might be done about it. It is aimed at academics, policy-makers and practitioners interested in the continuing presence of religion and belief in the public sphere. Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on contributors -- one -- Religious literacy: contesting an idea and practice -- Why is religious literacy needed? -- Religious Literacy Leadership in Higher Education Programme -- The challenge of pinning down 'religious literacy' -- The real religious landscape -- Outline of the chapters -- two -- Diminishing religious literacy: methodological assumptions and analytical frameworks for promoting the public understanding of religion -- Religions are internally diverse -- Religions evolve and change -- Religious influences are embedded in cultures -- Definition of religious literacy -- Cultural studies -- Johan Galtung: direct, structural and cultural forms of violence and peace -- Implications -- Conclusions -- three -- Religious literacy in the context of Theology and Religious Studies1 -- Theology and Religious Studies -- Theology and public argument -- Theology and description -- Institutional contexts -- Conclusions -- four -- The irony of religious illiteracy in the USA -- Origins of American religious illiteracy -- Conclusion -- five -- Religious literacy as lokahi: social harmony through diversity -- Introduction -- Concept of lokahi -- Lokahi and religious literacy -- Case studies: religious literacy as an encounter with diversity -- Conclusions -- six -- Religious literacy and welfare -- The willing transfer -- Invisible presence -- Anxious re-visibility -- seven -- Religious literacy, radicalisation and extremism -- Tackling the threat through policy -- From many gods to more -- Division from cohesion -- Case study in complexity: Buddhism in the UK -- 'Brainwashing' and 'radicalisation': we've been here before -- Conclusions -- A future for religiously literate policy? -- eight -- Religious literacy, equalities and human rights -- Introduction -- The cases. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 1447316673 |