Human Rights and Religion in Educational Contexts

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-9
Human Rights, Religions, and Education. A Theoretical Framework....Pages 11-27
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
Human Rights and Islamic Legal Tradition: Prospects for an Overlapping Consensus....Pages 31-43
Human Rights Between Universalism and Religious Particularism....Pages 45-55
Test Case Freedom of Religion or Belief....Pages 57-72
Religion in Schools from a Legal Viewpoint....Pages 73-90
Engagement for Religious Freedom at the United Nations: The Contribution of the Bahá’ís....Pages 91-103
Religious Freedom and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Jamaat): A Case Study of a Victimized Community....Pages 105-114
The Development of Human Rights in Muslim Societies....Pages 115-126
Human Rights in the Context of Buddhism....Pages 127-136
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
The Relation Between the Human Right to Education and Human Rights Education....Pages 139-148
Human Rights Education from the Perspective of the Pragmatist Didactics of Politics....Pages 149-160
The Child’s Right to Religion. Religious Education as a Human Right?....Pages 161-170
Empirical Findings on the Attitudes of Christian and Muslim Youth Towards Human Rights....Pages 171-186
Human Rights Education and Religious Education: A Protestant Perspective....Pages 187-197
Human Rights Education and Religious Education: A Catholic Perspective....Pages 199-207
Human Rights Education in the Context of a “Culture of Remembrance”....Pages 209-218
Educating for Human Rights from the Jewish Perspective: Principles and Methods....Pages 219-229
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Collision of Contexts? Human Rights Education and Interreligious Learning in a Globalized World....Pages 233-242
The First Amendment and the “3 Rs” of Religious Liberty: A U.S. Approach to Religion Education and Human Rights....Pages 243-255
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Religious Freedom and Civic Education in American Public Schools....Pages 257-272
European Institutions, Human Rights and Interreligious Education....Pages 273-283
Human Rights, Religious Education and the Challenge of Diversity: A British Perspective....Pages 285-294
Issues and Dilemmas in Religious Education and Human Rights: Perspectives on Applying the Toledo Guiding Principles to a Divided Society....Pages 295-306
Interlocutors, Human Rights Education and Interreligious Dialogue: A South African Perspective....Pages 307-321
The Contribution of Interreligious Initiatives to Human Rights Education....Pages 323-334
Conclusion: Human Rights and Religion in Educational Contexts. Foundations and Conceptional Perspectives....Pages 335-346