Critical conversations about religion : promises and pitfalls of a social justice approach to interfaith dialogue

Interfaith initiatives are increasingly prevalent on college and university campuses around the country. In large part, this trend responds both to ongoing religious violence throughout the world and to increasing religious tension in the United States. As such, these interfaith initiatives often at...

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Main Author Edwards, Sachi (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : IAP-Information Age Publishing Inc., [2016]
SeriesTransforming education for the future.
Subjects
Religions > Relations.
Dialogue > Religious aspects.
Social justice > Religious aspects.
Universities and colleges > Religion.
Religion > Ecumenism & Interfaith.
Interfaith relations.
Ecumenism.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806609581
DOI10.1108/978-1-68123-537-0
Physical Description1 online resource (210 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Defining interfaith dialogue
  • Chapter 2. Integrating interfaith dialogue with education
  • Chapter 3. Intergroup dialogue pedagogy
  • Chapter 4. Case study one: Interfaith dialogue without a clear purpose
  • Chapter 5. Case study two: Interfaith dialogue as religious studies
  • Chapter 6. Case study three: Interfaith dialogue as a philosophical debate
  • Chapter 7. Missing the target, misunderstanding the point: What went wrong? Expectations and motivations for interfaith dialogue
  • Chapter 8. Necessary conditions for facilitating social justice oriented interfaith dialogue
  • References
  • Appendix 1: Participants' religious identities
  • About the author.

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