Religious Literacy, Law and History: Perspectives on European Pluralist Societies

In: ICLARS Series on Law and Religion Ser

Abstract

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- PART I: One literacy, more literacies? -- 1 European religious illiteracy: the historical framework of a removed agenda -- 2 Religious literacy in modern Europe -- 3 Different illiteracies for different countries: are there no data for religious illiteracy? -- 4 Religious rights, educational duties? -- PART II: Understanding illiteracies, debating disciplines? -- 5 The ethics of the Torah compared to neo-paganism -- 6 Theological roots of religious illiteracy -- 7 Philosophical implications of religious illiteracy -- 8 Is religious illiteracy a private or a public issue? -- 9 Secularism and religious literacy -- 10 Is 'religious' violence really religious? -- 11 European law and the veil: Muslim women from victims to emblems of the enemy -- PART III: Building literacy, shaping alphabets -- 12 Why study religions in publicly funded schools? -- 13 Teaching faith -- 14 The role of the media in the development of religious illiteracy -- PART IV: Views and experiences -- 15 The attitude of the media to religion -- 16 A Jewish educational approach to religious pluralism -- 17 Positions and actions in the European Islam -- Name Index -- Index