The Routledge international handbook of religious education / / edited by Derek H. Davis and Elena Miroshnikova

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786054103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 0-203-10607-5; 1-299-06820-0; 1-136-25642-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (447 p.)
• Collana: The Routledge international handbook series
• Altri autori (Persone): DavisDerek <1949->; MiroshnikovaE. M (Elena Mikhailovna)
• Disciplina: 207/.5
• Soggetti: Religious education
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Religious education in Argentina; 2 Religious education in Asia; 3 Religious education in Australia; 4 Religious education in Austria; 5 Religious education in Azerbaijan; 6 Religious education in Bangladesh; 7 Religious education in Belgium; 8 Religious education in Brazil; 9 Religious education in Canada; 10 Religious education in China; 11 Religious education in Colombia; 12 Religious education in Estonia; 13 Religious education in the European Union; 14 Religious education in Finland15 Religious education in France; 16 Religious education in Germany; 17 Religious education in Greece; 18 Religious education in Hungary; 19 Religious education in India; 20 Religious education in Indonesia: the case of Islamic education; 21 Religious education in Ireland; 22 Religious education in Israel; 23 Religious education in Italy; 24 Religious education in Japan; 25 Religious education in Kazakhstan; 26 Religious education in Latin America; 27 Religious education in Latvia; 28 Religious education in Lithuania; 29 Religious education in Malaysia; 30 Religious education in Mexico31 Religious education in Nepal; 32 Religious education in Norway; 33 Religious education in Pakistan; 34 Religious education in Peru; 35 Religious education in Poland; 36 ; Religious education in Portugal; 37 Religious education in Romania; 38 Religious education in modern Russia; 39 Religious education in Scotland; 40 Religious education in Senegal; 41 Religious education in the Slovak Republic; 42 Religious education in the Republic of Slovenia; 43 Religious education in South Africa; 44 Religious education in Spain; 45 Religious education in Sudan; 46 Religious education in Sweden47 Religious education in Switzerland; 48 Religious education in Syria; 49 Religious education in Ukraine; 50 Religious education in the United Kingdom; 51 Religious education in the United States of America; 52 Religious education in Uruguay; 53 Religious education in Vietnam; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: How and what to teach about religion is controversial in every country. The Routledge International Handbook of Religious Education is the first book to comprehensively address the range of ways that major countries around the world teach religion in public and private educational institutions. It discusses how three models in particular seem to dominate the landscape. Countries with strong cultural traditions focused on a majority religion tend to adopt an ""identification model,"" where instruction is provided only in the tenets of the majority religion, often to the detri