School reforms pushed by French President Emmanuel Macron are aimed at pushing Muslim students into public schools. An expert explains why this may be the wrong approach.
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Beyond inter-religious dialogues, religions need to examine how their histories intersect with Indigenous People’s rights and spiritualities.
The number of students achieving GCSEs in technical and creative subjects along with religious education has declined yet again.
Australian society is made up of people from different backgrounds and faiths. Teaching school children about religious diversity and traditions makes them more tolerant of religious minorities.
Many teachers believe that fundamentalists are not really religious, but have just misinterpreted their holy books.
Pupils would be able to explore the complex worldviews and practices of people who do not identify with a religion.
Madrasas, or Islam-centered schools, have long spread knowledge and literacy throughout the Muslim world. However, can they prepare students for today’s tech-based economies?
A new book explores the complex and nuanced place the Bible has held in Australian culture since hundreds of copies arrived with the First Fleet in 1787.
A groundbreaking High Court ruling outlawing the spanking of children in South Africa has outraged some Christian bodies that claim parents are entitled to hit their children in a “godly way”.
Religious education offered in Australian state schools has variations in the quality of delivery and limited provisions for the students who opt out.
A number of state constitutions have clauses restricting state funding for religious schools. Some of these go back to an amendment proposed in 1875, known as the Blaine Amendment. What is it?
Undertaking a Muslim education – coming to understand the faith’s teachings and its ideas about humanity – can have enormous value for anyone who wishes to tackle social conflicts.
Local education authorities have mediated the RE syllabus for decades. Now, there might be a free-for-all.
British Muslims have mixed emotions about the motives behind moves to inspect madrasas.
A new report has set out a vision of diversity for British schools – including repeal of the law for compulsory Christian assembly.
Secularism must be part of the debate about religion, not the end of the debate.
Dubbing Islamic supplementary schools as incubators for extremism and intolerance could be counter-productive.
Can relationship lessons in the classroom end violence against women?
The debate about ethics classes in schools risks placing ethics in opposition to religion, whereas the classes will ultimately benefit all.
Choosing your religion – it’s not as simple as picking a career path.
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Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor of Philosophy and Law, Wayne State University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Law Student, University of Dayton
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Professor of Education and Public Policy, Durham University
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Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Sociology, Tulane University
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Visiting Professor of Beliefs and Values, University of Worcester
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy and Founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship, University of Bristol
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Associate Professor in Sociology, Deakin University
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Anthropologist & Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing Communication, Emerson College
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Lecturer, Education and Sociology, Southern Cross University
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John and Maria Neag Professor of Urban Education, University of Connecticut
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Susan S. Engeleiter Professor of Education Law, Policy and Practice, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor, School of Criminology, University of Leicester