Teaching and Learning About Religious Diversity in the Past and Present

Beyond Stereotypes

Karel Van Nieuwenhuyse, John Maiden, Stefanie Sinclair

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2025
• Print ISBN:
  9783031758676
• eBook ISBN:
  9783031758683
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

This edited book explores examples of different ways in which societies and individuals have dealt with the concepts of religious diversity, toleration and peace-making in politics and law, and how these examples can inform educators and learners in (in- and non-)formal education today. Chapters introduce and analyse nine key documents: the Capitulations of Granada (1492), the Confederation of Warsaw (1573), the Peace of Westphalia (1648), the Royal Charter of Rhode Island (1663), the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789), the European Convention of Human Rights (1950), the Belfast/ Good Friday Agreement (1998), the Ohrid Framework Agreement (2001) and the Mardin Declaration (2010). In addition to explaining how each document manages toleration and peace, the authors also provide 'clippings', short visual and textual excerpts relating to the document under discussion. These aim to challenge thinking about the historical document and its potential significance for the present. The book's contributors consider the past as a source of inspiration for learning in formal and informal educational contexts such as classrooms, museums and youth work. It will be of interest to teachers and scholars in history, citizenship, philosophy, ethics and religious education in schools and beyond.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• 1. Representations of Religious Diversity in the Past and Present: The Need for a Nuanced Approach
• 2. Myths, Memories and Illusions: Religious (In)Tolerance in European History
• 3. Capitulations of Granada 1492
• 4. Confederation of Warsaw 1573
• 5. Peace of Westphalia 1648
• 6. Royal Charter of Rhode Island 1663
• 7. Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen 1789
• 8. European Convention on Human Rights 1950
• 9. Belfast/Good Friday Agreement 1998
• 10. Ohrid Framework Agreement 2001
• 11. Mardin Declaration 2010
• 12. How Can the Clippings Be Used in Educational Contexts? Lessons Learned from the RETOPEA Project
• Back Matter