Human Rights, Religious Education and the Challenge of Diversity: A British Perspective

2016 ◽  
pp. 285-294
Author(s):  
L. Philip Barnes
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
British Perspective

Recontextualization of Islamic Peace Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-202
Author(s):  
Siti Rohmah ◽  
M. Syukri Ismail ◽  
Moh. Anas Kholish ◽  
Mona Novita
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Alternative Model ◽  
Peace Education ◽  
Religious Conflict ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Education Model ◽  
Interreligious Education

Some circles suggest that the phenomenon of intolerance and religious conflict in Indonesia will be reduced by a religious education model dominated by a mono-religious approach. The approach that focuses on deepening the knowledge of all religions is considered to be the cause of the persistence of interfaith stigma and prejudice. However, there are objections from various circles to the concept and application of interreligious education which requires close dialogue and interaction, an appreciative attitude, and openness to adherents of other religions. This article argues that the development of a peaceful and diverse mono-religious education approach is possible. This study employs Mohammed Abu-Nimer's theory as an alternative model of Islamic peace education that is strategic, participatory and practical; it focuses on his experience in conflict areas and in the Islamic education environment, which is often stigmatized conservatively in the Middle East and Africa. This study confirms that monoreligious education provides room for peace education that builds pedagogy of tolerance, diversity and human rights.

scholarly journals Human rights and children’s rights in worldview education in Finland

2022 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-69
Author(s):  
Eero Salmenkivi ◽  
Tuija Kasa ◽  
Niina Putkonen ◽  
Arto Kallioniemi
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Core Curriculum ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
Children’S Rights ◽  
Ethical Perspective ◽  
Specific Focus ◽  
Explicit Mention ◽  
Freedom Of Thought

In this article we examine the profiling of human rights and children’s rights in religious education (RE) and its secular alternative in Finland. We use the term ‘worldview education’ to describe the combination of these subjects. We analyse what kinds of human rights and ethical issues are raised in Finnish worldview education. One specific focus is the explicit mention of human rights and children’s rights in the worldview education section of the Finnish national core curriculum (2014). We conclude that the curriculum gives plenty of space to human rights and children’s rights, and that this enables one to conceive of human rights as being an overarching ethical perspective in worldview education. Nevertheless, we indicate that the organisation of worldview education in Finland has some problems when it comes to the realisation of children’s freedom of thought, conscience, and religion.

Inklusive Konfirmandenarbeit geht im Team

2015 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-285
Author(s):  
Thomas Ebinger ◽  
Wolfhard Schweiker
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Structural Transformation ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Educational Setting ◽  
The Church

Abstract The article discusses how the Human Rights principle of inclusion might be implemented in confirmation classes. A religious education of adolescents which doesn’t exclude people with special needs challenges the pedagogical competencies of ministers, as they have to adapt their teaching methods and contents. Moreover, the article focuses on how team work within confirmation classes can be established. What are the challenges and chances in the specific educational setting of the congregation? What alternatives are there to memorizing and reciting, that adolescents with special needs might not be capable of? What kind of team workers might be gained and educated? Finally, the authors discuss how the Church can meet these challenging needs by structural transformation and financial support.

scholarly journals Papageorgiou and Others v Greece: Exemption from a Mandatory Course in Religion and the Art of Reading between the Lines

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-360
Author(s):  
Wojciech Brzozowski
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
European Convention ◽  
European Court ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The One ◽  
Scholarly Attention

Religious education is probably one of the most attractive topics in law and religious studies – a truly bottomless pit which, every now and then, reveals new questions and new challenges. The most recent judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) concerning this matter is the one delivered on 31 October 2019 in the case of Papageorgiou and others. The judgment only became final at the end of January 2020, under Article 44(2) of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR), so as yet it has not received much scholarly attention. However, it should be expected that there will be no lack of such attention, as the judgment deserves it for at least two reasons.

New Trends in Religious Liberty and the European Court of Human Rights

2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 266-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Leigh
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Religious Freedom ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
The State ◽  
Religious Liberty ◽  
European Convention ◽  
European Court ◽  
The Right

This article analyses recent trends in the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights concerned with the right to freedom of thought, belief and religion (Article 9, European Convention on Human Rights) and the right of parents to respect by the state for their religious and philosophical views in the education of their children (Article 2, Protocol 1).1 These developments include notable decisions concerned with protection from religious persecution in Georgia, with religious education in Norway and Turkey and with the display of crucifixes in state schools in Italy. It is apparent that the European Convention religious liberty jurisprudence increasingly stresses the role of the state as a neutral protector of religious freedom. For individuals religious freedom is now also recognised to include not only the right to manifest their religious belief but also freedom from having to declare their religious affiliation. As the religious liberty jurisprudence comes of age, other significant developments, for example in relation to conscientious objection to military service, can be anticipated.

scholarly journals Curriculum Tranformation of Islamic Religious Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-22
Author(s):  
Tri Marfiyanto
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
New Order ◽  
Islamic Religion ◽  
Constitutional System

In the context of Indonesia, especially after the New Order government, many changes occurred in the structure of our constitutional system. The transition of forms of government from centralized to decentralized, changes in democratic climate, the strengthening of the issue of human rights, a firmer recognition of cultural, religious and racial pluralism, all of which have implications for Government policies in the field of education. The aim of this paper is to reveale the transformation of curriculum in islamic religion education. This study used literature review. The result of this paper  that there has been a paradigm shift in the PAI curriculum in public universities after the New Order government, especially in the 2002 PAI curriculum. The paradigm developed sees Islam as a dynamic and responsive perspective towards the present.

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