Religious Literacy in Policy and Practice / / ed. by Adam Dinham, Matthew Francis.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Complete eBook-Package 2015
• MitwirkendeR: Catto, Rebecca,; Clines, Jeremy,; Conroy, James C.,; Crisp, Beth R.,; Davie, Grace,; Dinham, Adam,; Ford, David,; Francis, Matthew,; Gilliat-Ray, Sophie,; Higton, Mike,; Jones, Stephen H.,; Kerby, Lauren R.,; Moore, Diane L.,; Perfect, David,; Prothero, Stephen,; SJ, Michael Barnes,; Smith, Jonathan D.,; Spencer, Nick,; Twist, Amanda van Eck Duymaer van,; Wakelin, Michael,
• HerausgeberIn: Dinham, Adam,; Francis, Matthew,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)

This valuable book is the first to bring together theory and policy with analysis and expertise on practices in key areas of the public realm to explore what religious literacy is, why it is needed and what might be done about it. It makes the case for a public realm which is well equipped to engage with the plurality and pervasiveness of religion and belief, whatever the individual’s own stance. It is aimed at academics, policy-makers and practitioners interested in the policy and practice implications of the continuing presence of religion and belief in the public sphere.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on contributors -- Theory -- Religious literacy: contesting an idea and practice -- Diminishing religious literacy: methodological assumptions and analytical frameworks for promoting the public understanding of religion -- Religious literacy in the context of Theology and Religious Studies -- The irony of religious illiteracy in the USA -- Religious literacy as lokahi: social harmony through diversity -- Policy -- Religious literacy and welfare -- Religious literacy, radicalisation and extremism -- Religious literacy, equalities and human rights -- Practice -- Religious illiteracy in school Religious Education* -- Religious literacy in higher education -- Religious literacy and social work: the view from Australia -- Religious literacy and the media: the case of the BBC -- Religious literacy and chaplaincy -- Religious literacies: the future -- Index