Policies and Politics of Teaching Religion

In states in which the public role of religion is controversial, religious instruction becomes both a means and an end of politics.

This groundbreaking collection of case studies drawn from Arab, Asian and European countries examines different aspects of religious instruction: how it is regulated, who decides its content, the values it imparts and, in particular, whether it triggers, deepens or reduces conflict.

Theodor Hanf is Honorary Professor of Political Science, University of Freiburg, Germany, and Visiting Professor of Political Studies, American University of Beirut, Lebanon. From 1972 to 2006 he was Director of the Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institute, Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany.

Dr. Karim El Mufti is Director of the Human Rights Legal Clinic, La Sagesse University, Lebanon.

Acknowledgements
Introduction, THEODOR HANF AND KARIM EL MUFTI
Teaching Religion, not Violence, HISHAM NASHABE
Religious Education and/or the Making of a Citizen: The Case of Lebanon, KARIM EL MUFTI
Teaching Religion in Egypt and Tunisia: A Challenge to Citizenship Education, MUHAMMAD FAOUR
Capitalizing on Inequality? Religious Schools in Turkey and Israel, ANNALENA DI GIOVANNI
Teaching Religion in a Multinational State: The Case of Bosnia-Herzegovina, KARIM EL MUFTI
State-Building and Religious Education in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, GIUDITTA FONTANA
A Review of Religion in the British Education System, KELSEY SHANKS
Teaching About Religion in a Spirit of Laïcité: The Case of France, ANNE FRANÇOISE WEBER
Teaching Religion in Germany, KARL SCHMITT
Madrasa Education in Afghanistan: Between Reform and Militancy, RÜDIGER BLUMÖR
Policies and Politics of Teaching Religion in India, SHREYA PARIKH
Epilogue: What We Know and What We Don’t, THEODOR HANF
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