Routledge Research in Religion and Education
About the Book Series
The Routledge Research in Religion and Education series aims at advancing public understanding and dialogue on issues at the intersections of religion and education. These issues emerge in various venues and proposals are invited from work in any such arena: public or private education at elementary, secondary, or higher education institutions; non-school or community organizations and settings; and formal or informal organizations or groups with religion or spirituality as an integral part of their work. Book proposals are invited from diverse methodological approaches and theoretical and ideological perspectives. This series does not address the work of formal religious institutions including churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples. Rather, it focuses on the beliefs and values arising from all traditions as they come into contact with educational work in the public square.
Please send proposals to Mike Waggoner ([email protected]) and Kirsty Murray ([email protected]).
Engaging with Vocation on Campus: Supporting Students’ Vocational Discernment through Curricular and Co-Curricular Approaches
1st Edition
Edited
By Karen Lovett, Stephen Wilhoit
September 25, 2023
Bringing together narratives and theory-based analyses of practice, this volume illustrates collaborative curricular and co-curricular approaches to promoting vocational discernment amongst students in a Catholic university setting. Drawing on cultural, religious, and secular understandings of ...
Equipping Educators to Teach Religious Literacy: Lessons from a Teacher Education Program in the American South
1st Edition
By Emile Lester, W. Y. Alice Chan
September 25, 2023
This volume provides a detailed evaluation of a unique education program implemented in secondary schools in Georgia to enhance teachers’ religious literacy and their ability to promote this in schools and classrooms. The text demonstrates that religious literacy can be proactively taught to ...
Law, Education, and the Place of Religion in Public Schools: International Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Charles Russo
May 31, 2023
This text presents a comparative, cross-cultural analysis of the legal status of religion in public education in eighteen different nations while offering recommendations for the future improvement of religious education in public schools. Offering rich, analytical insights from a range of ...
Islamic Religious Education in Europe: A Comparative Study
1st Edition
Edited
By Leni Franken, Bill Gent
January 09, 2023
Against the backdrop of labour migration and the ongoing refugee crisis, the ways in which Islam is taught and engaged with in educational settings has become a major topic of contention in Europe. Recognising the need for academic engagement around the challenges and benefits of effective Islamic ...
Teaching Religious Literacy to Combat Religious Bullying: Insights from North American Secondary Schools
1st Edition
By W. Y. Alice Chan
January 09, 2023
This text explores the phenomenon of religious bullying as it manifests in two North American contexts and theorizes religious literacy as a viable school-based intervention to promote understanding of religious and non-religious difference. Using substantive, qualitative data from schools and ...
A History of Islamic Schooling in North America: Mapping Growth and Evolution
1st Edition
By Nadeem A. Memon
December 13, 2021
This insightful text challenges popular belief that faith-based Islamic schools isolate Muslim learners, impose dogmatic religious views, and disregard academic excellence. This book attempts to paint a starkly different picture. Grounded in the premise that not all Islamic schools are the same, ...
Teaching Sexuality and Religion in Higher Education: Embodied Learning, Trauma Sensitive Pedagogy, and Perspective Transformation
1st Edition
Edited
By Darryl W. Stephens, Kate Ott
December 13, 2021
This volume combines insights from secular sexuality education, trauma studies, and embodiment to explore effective strategies for teaching sexuality and religion in colleges, universities, and seminaries. Contributors to this volume address a variety of sexuality-related issues including ...
Faith, Diversity, and Education: An Ethnography of a Conservative Christian School
1st Edition
By Allison Blosser
June 30, 2021
This volume explores how conservative Christian schools are shaping education in America and in turn, students’ attitudes about diversity. Based on data collected as part of a year-long, ethnographic study of a K-12 conservative, Christian school in the South, this volume analyzes the way that ...
Curriculum Renewal for Islamic Education: Critical Perspectives on Teaching Islam in Primary and Secondary Schools
1st Edition
Edited
By Nadeem A. Memon, Mariam Alhashmi, Mohamad Abdalla
May 11, 2021
This book demonstrates why and how it is necessary to redesign Islamic Education curriculum in the K-12 sector globally. From Western public schools that integrate Muslim perspectives to be culturally responsive, to public and private schools in Muslim minority and majority contexts that ...
The First Amendment and State Bans on Teachers' Religious Garb: Analyzing the Historic Origins of Contemporary Legal Challenges in the United States
1st Edition
By Nathan C. Walker
April 01, 2021
Examining the twelve-decade legal conflict of government bans on religious garb worn by teachers in U.S. public schools, this book provides comprehensive documentation and analysis of the historical origins and subsequent development of teachers’ religious garb in relation to contemporary legal ...
Improving the Pedagogy of Islamic Religious Education in Secondary Schools: The Role of Critical Religious Education and Variation Theory
1st Edition
By Ayse Demirel Ucan
March 31, 2021
This timely book focusses on the central issues and questions which emerge in relation to the teaching and learning of Islam in confessional and constructivist religious education. Considering the consequences of a lack of diversity in the Islamic Religious Education curriculum, the text also ...
Teaching Religion Using Technology in Higher Education
1st Edition
Edited
By John Hilton III
March 31, 2021
This edited collection helps those teaching religion in higher education utilize technology to increase student learning both inside and outside of the classroom. Recent times have seen major technological shifts that have important implications for how religion is taught at a post-secondary level....