Policies and Politics of Teaching Religion

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.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction, THEODOR HANF AND KARIM EL MUFTITeaching Religion, not Violence, HISHAM NASHABEReligious Education and/or the Making of a Citizen: The Case of Lebanon, KARIM EL MUFTITeaching Religion in Egypt and Tunisia: A Challenge to Citizenship Education, MUHAMMAD FAOURCapitalizing on Inequality? Religious Schools in Turkey and Israel, ANNALENA DI GIOVANNITeaching Religion in a Multinational State: The Case of Bosnia-Herzegovina, KARIM EL MUFTIState-Building and Religious Education in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, GIUDITTA FONTANAA Review of Religion in the British Education System, KELSEY SHANKSTeaching About Religion in a Spirit of Laïcité: The Case of France, ANNE FRANÇOISE WEBERTeaching Religion in Germany, KARL SCHMITTMadrasa Education in Afghanistan: Between Reform and Militancy, RÜDIGER BLUMÖRPolicies and Politics of Teaching Religion in India, SHREYA PARIKHEpilogue: What We Know and What We Don’t, THEODOR HANFAbout the Authors