Religious Literacy in Policy and Practice

Adam Dinham

ISBN 10: 1447316657 / ISBN 13: 9781447316657

Editore: Policy Press, 2015

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Riassunto:

Although we often assume religion is in decline in the West, it continues to have an important yet contested role in individual lives and in society at large. And after half a century in which religion and belief were barely talked about in the public sphere, 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—in relationships, law, media, professions, business, and politics, among other venues.

This valuable book is the first to bring 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. Its contributors make the case for a public realm that is well-equipped to engage with the plurality and pervasiveness of religion and belief, whatever an individual participant’s own stance. It will be of great importance to academics, policy makers, and practitioners interested in the manifold implications of the continued presence of religion and belief in the public sphere.

Informazioni sugli autori:

Adam Dinham is professor of faith and public policy and director of the Religious Literacy Programme at Goldsmiths, University of London. Matthew Francis is a research associate at Lancaster University.

Adam Dinham is Professor of Faith and Public Policy, and Director of the Faiths and Civil Society Unit at the Goldsmiths, University of London.

Matthew Francis is a Research Associate at Lancaster University. He is also the founding editor of RadicalisationResearch.org and has researched and written about religion and violence for the British Home Office and in the media.

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Titolo: Religious Literacy in Policy and Practice
Casa editrice: Policy Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2015
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: Good