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Australia.
Connor Court.
2009.
169pp, paperback. The purpose of the book is to argue for and suggest best practice in inter-faith education for religiously oriented primary and secondary schools as well as colleges and universities in Australia. There is a growing worldwide recognition that in the global community we need to know and understand each other better. In particular this need is recognized by religious educators, who are keenly aware that their discipline is in the privileged position of being able to promote greater understanding and engagement between religions, and so to contribute to the common good of the global community. Many factors have brought about this heightened understanding, but especially the much discussed phenomenon of globalization. The instantaneous nature of communication and the explosion of information through the internet, has brought us a familiarity with a range of religious traditions and cultures that until recently was unimaginable. Paradoxically, this very explosion of information has also exacerbated the distance between us. The information that constantly flows into our consciousness through the media and the internet is not always accurate. It is often distorted by the perceptions of those who promote it, and mediated through agencies that have a vested interest in discrediting the religious or cultures about which they report. The result all too often can be stereotyping of religious groups, even hatred and violence between them. This was evident after September 11th, 2001, when the world saw a great increase in social tension and conflict, and a rise in hate crimes. In a country as far away from New York as Australia, Muslim students traveling to school in suburban Melbourne were abused and harassed for being Muslim, and this result occurred in many other places in Australia. All educators are challenged by the misinformation that leads to innocent teenagers being harassed for their religious identity, but for religious educators, especially those with a commitment to inter-faith education, these events lent urgency to their work. Inter-faith education could no longer be just a vehicle for personal development and individual interest, but now became one of the ways that social cohesion and acceptance of each other in the global human community could be promoted. For two weeks in December 2009, Melbourne will host the Parliament of the World’s Religions, which will bring together people of faith from all over the world. The discussion and collaboration during this Parliament will focus on ways in which the global human community can grow in understanding of each other’s religions. The education of the young will be a vital part of this. The proposed book will feed directly into this aspect of the Parliament. This event, unprecedented in Australia, will be a major environment for the promotion of the book. The book will be of great interest to 1. Religious educators from around the world for whom this is a topic of major interest at this time. 2. Students and lecturers in religion, religious education and theology in Australian universities 3. Postgraduate students conducting research into inter-faith education a topic that is considered most important in today’s research climate 4. Primary and secondary teachers in all religiously oriented schools in Australia and beyond (for example the book would have a market in the UK where interfaith education is part of the secular curriculum). 5. Student teachers preparing for working in religiously oriented schools (wherever possible it will be used as a set text). (When referring to this item please quote stockid 127633)
ISBN: 9781921421150
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