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Introduction. Why Look at Schools and Religion? Why do it Globally? / James Fraser, Jo Fraser-Pearce -- School and Religion as a Mirror of State and Religion? : Bangladesh, England, Israel and Vietnam / Jo Fraser-Pearce -- Schools and Religions: the Law and the Courts : Costa Rica, England, France, Italy, Senegal, South Africa, Switzerland and Turkey / Nigel Fancourt -- Government Funding for Religious Schools : Netherlands, Australia, Israel, Singapore, and Indonesia / Ashley Berner -- Mindfulness in Schools : The United States, England, Singapore, and Vietnam / Bill Meyer -- Religion, Language and National Identity Construction in School Textbooks in South Asia : India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh / Laraib Niaz, Kusha Anand, Farid Panjwani, Marie Lall -- Religion, Heritage and the Teaching of Black History : Brazil, the United States, South Africa, Ghana and Benin / Amilcar A. Pereira, Jessika Rezende Souza da Silva -- Religious Education in Teacher Education: About, For and In Diversity? : Austria, Canada, England, Turkey and India / Alexis Stones, Kristian Niemi, Kerstin von Brömssen -- Debating Evolution in Context-Religion in the Biology Classroom : Brazil, England, Pakistan and the United States / Michael J. Reiss -- When Discussion of Religion is Not Encouraged: Don't Ask, Don't Tell : Malawi, Sri Lanka, Ontario, Quebec, and California / Amarnath Amarasingam, Harsha Dulari Wijesekera, Yonah Hisbon Matemba, W. Y. Alice Chan, Ashley Couture, Hicham Tiflati -- Preparing Teachers to Develop the Religious Literacy of Learners : Colombia, Greece, Malawi, Norway and Turkey / Marios Koukounaras Liagkis -- Colonial Histories and their Impacts on Religious Education : Germany, Namibia, and Nigeria / Annett Graefe-Geusch -- The Permissible and Contested Boundaries of Religious Dress Worn in Schools: Contemporary Examples of Religious Restriction : Canada, France, Kenya, and Turkey / Dianne Gereluk, Brenna Haggarty -- Sexuality and Religion in Schools : China, England and the United States / Michael J. Reiss -- School Meals in Multicultural/Multireligious Contexts : France, Denmark, Dubai (part of the United Arab Emirates) and the United States / Amy Bentley, Samantha Ruth Brown, Shayne Leslie Figueroa, Salma Serry, Claudia Saffar -- Religious Bias in the School Systems of Multireligious and Multiethnic States : Ethiopia, Russia, and the United States / Regina B. Wenger -- Religious Minorities at School South of the Sahara : Malawi, Ghana, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Lesotho / Yonah Matemba, Richardson Addai-Mununkum, Maitumeleng Nthontho, Godfrey Museka -- Schools, Religion and Postcolonial Perspectives : England, Hong Kong and South Africa / Nuraan Davids, Janet Orchard, Liz Jackson -- Schools, Religion and Teaching about Climate Change and Sustainable Development : Indonesia and Nigeria / Emma Salter -- Schools, Religion and Extremism : Australia, Zimbabwe, the UK and Canada / David Lundie -- How History Informs the Conversation about Religion in State Schools : Costa Rica, Afghanistan and the United States / James Fraser -- Conclusion. Why Schools and Religion Matter / Jo Fraser-Pearce, James Fraser. |
