Religious Schools in Europe: Institutional Opportunities and Contemporary Challenges by Michael Merry, Veit Bader, Marcel Maussen, Floris Vermeulen (Hardcover, 2016)
The European Convention on Human Rights guarantees freedom of education, including the opportunities to create and operate faith-based schools. However, as European societies become more religiously diverse and 'less religious' at the same time, the role of faith-based schools is increasingly being contested. Serious tensions have emerged between those who ardently support religious schools in their various forms, and those who oppose them. Given that faith-based schools enjoy basic constitutional guarantees in Europe, the controversy around them often surrounds issues of public financing, degrees of organisational and pedagogical autonomy, and educational practices and management. This volume is about the controversies surrounding religious schools in a number of Western European countries. The introductory chapter briefly analyses the structural pressures that affect the position of religious schools, outlining the relevant institutional arrangements in countries such as Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Scotland. The following chapters provide a detailed analysis of the discussions and controversies surrounding faith-based schools in each country. Finally, the two concluding chapters aim to provide a bigger, comparative picture with regard to these debates about religious education in liberal democratic states and culturally pluralist societies. This book was originally published as a special issue of Comparative Education.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9781138888487
eBay Product ID (ePID)
220895582
Product Key Features
Author
Michael Merry, Veit Bader, Marcel Maussen, Floris Vermeulen
Publication Name
Religious Schools in Europe: Institutional Opportunities and Contemporary Challenges
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Education
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
246mm
Item Width
174mm
Item Weight
476g
Additional Product Features
Editor
Michael Merry, Marcel Maussen, Veit Bader, Floris Vermeulen
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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