As liberal democracies include increasingly diverse and multifaceted populations, the longstanding debate about the role of the state in religious education and the place of religion in public life seems imperative now more than ever. The maintenance of religious schools and the planning of religious education curricula raise a profound challenge. Too much state supervision can be conceived as interference in religious freedom and as a confinement of the right to cultural liberty. Too little supervision can be seen as neglecting the development of the liberal values required to live and work in a democratic society and as abandoning those who within their communities wish to attain a more rigorous education for citizenship and democracy. This book draws together leading educationalists, philosophers, theologians, and social scientists to explore issues, problems, and tensions concerning religious education in a variety of international settings. The contributors explore the possibilities and limitations of religious education in preparing citizens in multicultural and multi-religious democratic societies.
Introduction Hanan A. Alexander and Ayman K. Agbaria Part I: The Case
for Religious Education in Liberal Democracy
1. An Inquiry into the
Justification for Full-Time Religious Schools in the Liberal Democratic State
Walter Feinberg
2. State Financial Support for Religious Schools: Issues and
Models Stephen V. Monsma
3. Between Memory and Vision: Schools as Communities
of Meaning Steven C. Vryhof Part II: Religion, Education, and Unity versus
Diversity in Liberal Democracy
4. Religion and Citizenship: The Prophetic
Tradition and Public Reason Kenneth A. Strike and Jeffrey K. Pegram
5.
Religious Schooling and the Formation of Character James C. Conroy
6. Maximal
Citizenship Education and Interreligious Education in Common Schools Siebren
Miedema
7. Judaism and Democracy The Private Domain and Public
Responsibility Rachel Elior
8. Why Did You Not Tell Me About This? Religion
as a Challenge to Faith Schools Farid Panjwani Part III: Spirituality and
Morality in Religious and Democratic Education
9. Religion, Character and
Spirituality: Their Conceptual Relations and Educational Implications David
Carr
10. Religion, Reason, and Experience in Public Education Hans-Günter
Heimbrock
11. Competing Conceptions of Authenticity: Consequences for
Religious Education in an Open Society Hanan A. Alexander
12. Democratic
Schooling and the Demands of Religion Elmer John Thiessen Part IV: Opening Up
Religious Education for Democracy
13. Teaching Islam in Israel: On the
Absence of Unifying Goals and a Collective Community Ayman K. Agbaria
14.
Between Traditional Interpretation and Biblical Criticism: A Case Study of
Bible Teaching in Non-Orthodox Jewish Israeli High Schools Iris Yaniv
15. The
Contribution of Religious Education to Democratic Culture: Challenges and
Opportunities Mualla Selçuk
16. Constructive, Critical, and Mutual Interfaith
Religious Education for Public Living: A Christian View Jack L. Seymour
Hanan Alexander is Professor in the Faculty of Education and Head of the Center for Jewish Education at the University of Haifa where he specializes in philosophy of education and curriculum studies. He is also a Sr. Fellow of the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. His main research interests include political, ethical, religious, and spiritual education and the philosophy of educational research.
Ayman K. Agbaria completed his PhD in Educational Theory and Policy and International and Comparative Education at Penn State University. In the last fifteen years, Dr. Agbaria occupied senior positions both in academic and professional settings. He is currently a Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Haifa.
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