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Religious Education in a Multicultural Europe

Children, Parents and Schools

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Emer Smyth

    1. Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland

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  2. Maureen Lyons

    1. University College Dublin, Ireland

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  3. Merike Darmody

    1. Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Emer Smyth, Merike Darmody, Maureen Lyons
    Pages 1-14

  3. Religion and Schooling: The European Context

    • Silvia Avram, Jaap Dronkers
    Pages 15-36

  4. Religious Education in Primary Schools in Scotland: Consensus or Uneasy Truce?

    • Sheila Riddell, Elisabet Weedon, Linda Ahlgren, Gillean McCluskey
    Pages 37-68

  5. The Material and Symbolic Cultures of the Everyday: Religion in Maltese Primary Schools

    • Mary Darmanin
    Pages 69-100

  6. Children’s Agency and Religious Identity in Irish Primary Schools

    • Emer Smyth, Merike Darmody, Maureen Lyons, Kathleen Lynch, Etaoine Howlett
    Pages 101-131

  7. Religion and Immigration: The Acculturation Attitudes of Muslim Primary School Children Attending Flemish Schools

    • Goedroen Juchtmans, Ides Nicaise
    Pages 132-163

  8. Education as Negotiation: Discovering New Patterns of Religious Identity Formation in Germany

    • Bert Roebben, Christa Dommel
    Pages 164-201

  9. Conclusions

    • Emer Smyth, Merike Darmody, Maureen Lyons
    Pages 202-209

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 210-215
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Drawing on a major EU-funded research project, this book examines how religious/secular beliefs are formed at school and in the family across different European countries, offering insights into key policy issues concerning the place of religion in the school system and illuminating current debates around religion and multiculturalism.

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"This book is very informative ... an excellent place to look for new questions." - H-Net

Editors and Affiliations

  • Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland

    Emer Smyth, Merike Darmody

  • University College Dublin, Ireland

    Maureen Lyons

About the editors

Linda Ahlgren, University of Edinburgh, UK Silvia Avram, University of Essex, UK Mary Darmanin, University of Malta, Malta Merike Darmody, Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland (ESRI); Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Christa Dommel, Dortmund University, Germany Jaap Dronkers, Maastricht University, the Netherlands Etaoine Howlett, University College Cork, Ireland Goedroen Juchtmans, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium Kathleen Lynch, University College Dublin, Ireland Maureen Lyons, University College Dublin, Ireland Gillean McCluskey, University of Edinburgh, UK Ides Nicaise, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium Sheila Riddell, University of Edinburgh, UK Bert Roebben, Dortmund University, Germany Emer Smyth, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Ireland; Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Elisabet Weedon, University of Edinburgh, UK

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