Religion and Education: comparative and international perspectives (Oxford Studies in Comparative Education)

The contributors to this volume each demonstrate that, while religion in education can contribute to understanding and respect, it is also a space that can be contested and co-opted. Without addressing the salience of religion, however, it will not be possible to foster peace and combat discrimination and prejudice. This book will be of interest to researchers, scholars and students in the field of comparative education and development, religious studies, theology and teacher development and training. This book may also be of interest to national and international policy makers. There are also numerous faith-based organisations, as well as other non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working on religion and education issues that may find these case studies a useful resource.
CONTENTS
Keith Watson, Foreword
Malini Sivasubramaniam & Ruth Hayhoe, Religion and Education from a Comparative and International Perspective: issues, tensions and possibilities
SECTION ONE. INTERNATIONALISING/GLOBALISING RELIGIOUS VALUES
Katherine Marshall, Global Education Challenges: exploring religious dimensions
Jun Li, Confucius Institutes and Classrooms as Educational Partnerships in Africa: the 2030 Agenda of Sustainable Development from a Confucian perspective
Christina Hwang, The Internationalization of Religious Higher Education: a comparative study of Christian universities in South Korea and Canada
Sarfaroz Niyozov, Islamic Education in Post-Soviet Tajikistan: a tool in creating and sustaining a nation-state
Vilma Seeberg, Shujuan Luo & Ya Na, The Role of the Church and Religious Learning of Young Women Migrant Workers in Western China
Ruth Hayhoe, Inter-religious Dialogue and Education: three historical encounters between Christianity, Buddhism and Confucianism
SECTION TWO. CURRICULUM, PEDAGOGY AND SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
Mei-Yee Wong, Religious Education in a Multi-religious Context: an examination of four religious schools in Hong Kong
Xinyi Wu, State Schooling and Religious Education for Muslim Hui Students in Northwestern China: changing perceptions and new developments
Prapapat Niyom, Art-ong Jumsai Na Ayudhaya, Witit Rachatatanun & Benjamin Vokes, The Buddhist Approach to a School-based Curriculum: the effective learning innovation that promotes human values to learners for sustainable living in Thailand
Lauren Herzog & Nathaniel Adams, Modernizing Islamic Education: Bangladesh and Senegal
Malini Sivasubramaniam & Steve Sider, Faith-based Low-fee Private Schools in Kenya and Haiti: the paradox of philanthropy and enterprise
Yaacov J. Katz, Religious Education in the Israeli State School System
SECTION THREE. RELIGION IN POLICY PROCESSES AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
L. Philip Barnes, Religious Education in Northern Ireland: conflict, curriculum and criticism
Huma Kidwai, Mainstreaming Madrassas in India: resistance or co-optation?
Elena Lisovskaya, Religion's Uneasy Return to the Russian School: a contested and inconsistent desecularization 'from above'
Ratna Ghosh & W.Y. Alice Chan, The Role of Religious Education in Countering Religious Extremism in Diverse and Interconnected Societies
Bruce A. Collet & Hyeyoung Bang, A Multicultural Analysis of School Policies on Religion in 20 Western Democracies, and Their Challenges for Accommodating Migrant Religions: a cluster analysis