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Human Rights and Religion in Educational Contexts

  • Fundamental clarifications of the relationship between religions and human rights
  • Concepts for integrating religion into human rights education and human rights into public religious education
  • Renowned experts from ten countries, various academic disciplines and different religious or nonreligious backgrounds

Part of the book series: Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Rights (CHREN, volume 1)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
  2. Introduction and Foundation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction

      • Manfred L. Pirner, Johannes Lähnemann, Heiner Bielefeldt
      Pages 3-9
  3. Human Rights and Religion: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Examples

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29
    2. Test Case Freedom of Religion or Belief

      • Heiner Bielefeldt
      Pages 57-72
    3. The Development of Human Rights in Muslim Societies

      • Saeid Edalatnejad
      Pages 115-126
    4. Human Rights in the Context of Buddhism

      • Andreas Nehring
      Pages 127-136

About this book

What is the role of religion(s) in a human rights culture and in human rights education?

How do human rights and religion relate in the context of public education?

And what can religious education at public schools contribute to human rights education?

These are the core questions addressed by this book. Stimulating deliberations, illuminating analyses and promising conceptual perspectives are offered by renowned experts from ten countries and diverse academic disciplines.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Religious Education, Friedrich-Alexander-Univ Erlangen-Nürnb, Nürnberg, Germany

    Manfred L. Pirner

  • Religious Education, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Nürnberg, Germany

    Johannes Lähnemann

  • Lehrstuhl für Menschenrechte und Menschenrechtspolitik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universtiy Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nürnberg, Germany

    Heiner Bielefeldt

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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