Religious Education for Plural Societies

Robert Jackson is Emeritus Professor in the Centre for Education Studies at the University of Warwick, UK and Founding Director of Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit (WRERU). He has held Visiting Professorships at Oslo Metropolitan University and the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Education at Stockholm University, and received honorary doctorates from The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (NTNU), and the Norwegian School of Theology (MF), Oslo.

"This book is a collection of Robert Jackson’s seminal ideas and research in support of them. He pays continual attention to the contemporary context of religious education for schools and researchers. His contribution to the field has been quite extraordinary and this book is an accurate reflection of his work and his intellect." - Mary Noseda, Journal of Religious Education

• Part One: General Introduction;1 Religious Education and the Arts of Interpretation Revisited;Part Two: Empirical Research;Introduction;2 Studying British Hindu Children and Representing Them in School Texts; 3 The Diversity of Experience in the Religious Upbringing of Children from Christian Families in Britain; 4 The ‘Young People’s Attitudes to Religious Diversity’ Project in the Context of Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit (WRERU) Research; Part Three: The Interpretive Approach to Religious Education Introduction; 5 Studying Religious Diversity in Public Education: An Interpretive Approach to Religious and Intercultural Understanding; 6 The Representation of Religions;7 Implications of an Interpretive Approach; 8 Contextual Religious Education and the Interpretive Approach; Part Four Religious Education and Plurality;Introduction; 9 Religious Education in the Context of Plurality; 10 Religious Education’s Contribution to Intercultural Education, Citizenship Education and Values Education; 11 Towards a Pluralistic Religious Education; Part Five Human Rights and International Policy Developments Introduction; 12 Dialogical Liberalism: A Human Rights Rationale for ‘Education about Religions and Beliefs’; 13 Inclusive Study of Religions and World Views in Schools: Signposts from the Council of Europe; 14 The Politicisation and Securitisation of Religious Education? A Rejoinder