Title Religious literacy in policy and practice / edited by Adam Dinham and Matthew Francis

Published Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2015 ©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 278 pages) Contents Foreword / Grace Davie -- Religious literacy: contesting an idea and practice / Adam Dinham and Matthew Francis -- Diminishing religious literacy: methodological assumptions and analytical frameworks for promoting the public understanding of religion / Diane L. Moore -- Religious literacy in the context of theology and religious studies / David Ford and Mike Higton -- The irony of religious illiteracy in the USA / Stephen Prothero and Lauren R. Kerby -- Religious literacy as lokahi: social harmony through diversity / Michael Barnes and Jonathan D. Smith -- Religious literacy and welfare / Adam Dinham -- Religious literacy, radicalisation and extremism / Matthew Francis and Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist -- Religious literacy, equalities and human rights / Rebecca Catto and David Perfect -- Religious illiteracy in school religious education / James C. Conroy -- Religious literacy in higher education / Stephen H. Jones -- Religious literacy and social work: the view from Australia / Beth R. Crisp -- Religious literacy and the media: the case of the BBC / Michael Wakelin and Nick Spencer -- Religious literacy and chaplaincy / Jeremy Clines with Sophie Gilliat-Ray -- Religious literacies: the future / Matthew Francis and Adam Dinham Summary Often assumed to be in decline in the West, religion continues to have an important yet contested role in individual lives and in society. And after half a century in which religion and belief were barely talked about publicly, we face a pressing lack of religious literacy. Many are now ill-equipped to engage with religion and belief when they encounter them in their daily lives. This book brings together theory and policy with analysis and expertise to explore what religious literacy is, why it is needed, and what might be done about it Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Religion and sociology. Religious education. sociology of religion. RELIGION -- Sociology of Religion. RELIGION -- Religion, Politics & State. Religion and sociology Religious education Religiöse Bildung Religiosität Bildungswesen Gesellschaft Politik Form Electronic book Author Dinham, Adam, editor. Francis, Matthew (Matthew D. M.), 1975- editor. ISBN 9781336286764 1336286768 9781447316671 1447316673

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