Religion, Education, and the ‘East’
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Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Venice University Press
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This work addresses the theme of Japanese religions in order to rethink theories and practices pertaining to the field of Religious Education. Through an interdisciplinary framework that combines the study of religions, didactics and intercultural education, this book puts the case study of Religious Education in England in front of two ‘challenges’ in order to reveal hidden spots, tackle unquestioned assumptions and highlight problematic areas. These ‘challenges’, while focusing primarily on Japanese religions, are addressed within the wider contexts of other East Asian traditions and of the modern historical exchanges with the Euro-American societies. As result, a model for teaching Japanese and other East Asian religions is discussed and proposed in order to fruitfully engage issues such as orientalism, occidentalism, interculturality and critical thinking.
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Didactics, East Asian religions, Intercultural education, Japanese religions, Religious education, Study of religions, thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1F Asia::1FP East Asia, Far East, thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics, thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism, thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies, thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology, thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education, thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy, thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs, thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAC Comparative religion