Title

Religion, Education, and the ‘East’

Description

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.

Subject

Didactics | Japanese religions | East Asian religions | Study of religions | Intercultural education | Religious education

Creator

Lapis, Giovanni

Publisher

Fondazione Università Ca' Foscari

Date

2023

Identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-687-9

Type

Text

Format

PDF

Language

en

Source

https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/134586

Relation

Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies 7

Rights

CC BY 4.0

Educational Level

Higher education | research

Interactivity Type

Expositive