Law, Religious Freedoms and Education in Europe

Author: Myriam Hunter-Henin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781138261389

Published In: November 2016
Format: Paperback
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Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781409427308

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This collection considers how contemporary cultural and religious diversity challenges and redefines national constitutional and legal frameworks and concepts, within the context of education. It offers a critical reflection on the extent and meanings given to religious freedom in education across Europe. The contributions deal primarily with Western Europe although the book also includes a study of the US vibrant debates on Creationism.

This volume considers issues such as religious expression, faith schooling and worship in schools, in a multidisciplinary and comparative approach. The book first examines key concepts, before presenting national models of religion and education in Europe and analyzing case studies relating to religious symbols worn at school and to the teaching of religious education.

Legal questions are examined in a wider context, in the light of the intentions of state policy and of current national and transnational debates. Controversies on the legal implications of personal and national identities are for example analyzed. From a comparative perspective, the chapters examine the possible converging power of human rights and anti-discrimination discourses and reveal the difficulties and risks involved in seeking to identify the best model for Europe.

This topical study of a highly sensitive area of education presents a valuable insight for students, researchers and academics with an interest in cultural and religious diversity, human rights and education.

Foreword, Robert Jackson

Preface, Myriam Hunter-Henin

Introduction: religious freedoms in European schools: contrasts and convergence, Myriam Hunter-Henin

Part I Key Concepts: Laïcité, Integration, Identity and Discrimination: The classroom as an integration lab, Lorenzo Zucca

Jewish schools in France: mapping Jewish identity proposals, Martine Cohen

having faith in our schools: struggling with religious definitions, Arif Jamal and Farid Panjwani

Religious discrimination and schools: the employment of teachers and the public sector duty, Lucy Vickers.

Part II National Models: Religion, regionalism and education in the United Kingdom: tales from Wales, Russell Sandberg and Anna Buchanan

Religion and education in Northern Ireland: voluntary segregation reflecting historical divisions, Christopher McCrudden

The French model: tensions between laic and religious allegiances in French state and Catholic schools, Blandine Chélini-Pont

Religious education in a religiously neutral state: the German model, Heinrich de Wall

The controversy surrounding the denominational teaching of religion in Spanish state schools, Javier García Oliva.

Part III Case Studies: The Influence of religion on Teaching Content and School Ethos: Religious education in multi-faith Europe in the 21st century, Peter Crumper

Opt-outs: a sufficient means to protect religious liberty in schools?, Alison Mawhinney, Ulrike Niens, Norman Richardson and Ko Chiba

History textbooks within the framework of the French laïcité, Anna van den Kerchove

Evolution, creationism, and intelligent design in US schools – with some European comparisons, Eric Barendt

Beating people is wrong: Campbell and Cosans, Williamson and their aftermath, Frank Cranmer.

Part IV Case Studies: religious Symbols at School: Crosses, bracelets, rings and veils: the accommodation of religious symbols in the uniform policies of English schools, Mark Hill

A uniform approach to religious discrimination? The position of teachers and other school staff in the UK, Russell Sandberg

Of crucifixes and headscarves: religious symbols in German schools, Tobias Lock

Index.