Overview

Drawing on a major EU-funded research project, this book examines how religious/secular beliefs are formed at school and in the family across different European countries, offering insights into key policy issues concerning the place of religion in the school system and illuminating current debates around religion and multiculturalism.

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Author:   Emer Smyth ,  Maureen Lyons ,  Merike Darmody
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.894kg
ISBN:  

9781137281494

ISBN 10:   1137281499
Pages:   215
Publication Date:   29 August 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction; Emer Smyth, Merike Darmody and Maureen Lyons 2. Religion and Schooling: the European Context; Silvia Avram and Jaap Dronkers 3. Religious Education in Primary Schools in Scotland: Consensus or Uneasy Truce?; Sheila Riddell, Elisabet Weedon, Linda Ahlgren and Gillean McCluskey 4. The Material and Symbolic Cultures of the Everyday: Religion in Maltese Primary Schools; Mary Darmanin 5. Children's Agency and Religious Identity in Irish Primary Schools; Emer Smyth, Merike Darmody, Maureen Lyons, Kathleen Lynch and Etaoine Howlett 6. Religion and Immigration: The Acculturation Attitudes of Muslim Primary-School Children Attending Flemish Schools; Goedroen Juchtmans and Ides Nicaise 7. Education as Negotiation: Discovering New Patterns of Religious Identity Formation in Germany; Bert Roebben and Christa Dommel 8. Conclusions; Emer Smyth, Merike Darmody and Maureen Lyons Index

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""This book is very informative ... an excellent place to look for new questions."" - H-Net

This book is very informative ... an excellent place to look for new questions. - H-Net

Author Information

Linda Ahlgren, University of Edinburgh, UK Silvia Avram, University of Essex, UK Mary Darmanin, University of Malta, Malta Merike Darmody, Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland (ESRI); Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Christa Dommel, Dortmund University, Germany Jaap Dronkers, Maastricht University, the Netherlands Etaoine Howlett, University College Cork, Ireland Goedroen Juchtmans, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium Kathleen Lynch, University College Dublin, Ireland Maureen Lyons, University College Dublin, Ireland Gillean McCluskey, University of Edinburgh, UK Ides Nicaise, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium Sheila Riddell, University of Edinburgh, UK Bert Roebben, Dortmund University, Germany Emer Smyth, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Ireland; Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Elisabet Weedon, University of Edinburgh, UK

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