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Madrasas, or Islam-centered schools, have long spread knowledge and literacy throughout the Muslim world. However, can they prepare students for today’s tech-based economies?
A new book explores the complex and nuanced place the Bible has held in Australian culture since hundreds of copies arrived with the First Fleet in 1787.
A groundbreaking High Court ruling outlawing the spanking of children in South Africa has outraged some Christian bodies that claim parents are entitled to hit their children in a “godly way”.
Religious education offered in Australian state schools has variations in the quality of delivery and limited provisions for the students who opt out.
A number of state constitutions have clauses restricting state funding for religious schools. Some of these go back to an amendment proposed in 1875, known as the Blaine Amendment. What is it?
Undertaking a Muslim education – coming to understand the faith’s teachings and its ideas about humanity – can have enormous value for anyone who wishes to tackle social conflicts.
Local education authorities have mediated the RE syllabus for decades. Now, there might be a free-for-all.
British Muslims have mixed emotions about the motives behind moves to inspect madrasas.
A new report has set out a vision of diversity for British schools – including repeal of the law for compulsory Christian assembly.
Secularism must be part of the debate about religion, not the end of the debate.
Dubbing Islamic supplementary schools as incubators for extremism and intolerance could be counter-productive.
Can relationship lessons in the classroom end violence against women?
The debate about ethics classes in schools risks placing ethics in opposition to religion, whereas the classes will ultimately benefit all.
Choosing your religion – it’s not as simple as picking a career path.
Lesson about religions and belief systems have a place in schools.
On BBC Question Time on February 5, Labour’s shadow education minister Tristram Hunt made a remark appearing to link weak, unqualified teachers to religious education, specifically Catholic schooling provided…
At a time of increasing concern about religious radicalisation, Tony Blair has issued a call for school children to be taught to respect religion. But he’s got it wrong on all counts: it’s literacy about…
The teaser trailers and articles that have been tantalising Doctor Who fans for months are now reaching a crescendo, with the first episode of the new series due to air on August 23. And they promise a…
Religion in schools is being debated once more in anticipation of findings from the controversial Review of the National Curriculum. This is a challenging topic locally and internationally. Can, and should…
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Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
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Professor of Education and Public Policy, Durham University
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Professor of the History of Religion and Education, University of Worcester
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Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy and Founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship, University of Bristol
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Anthropologist & Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing Communication, Emerson College
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Lecturer, Education and Sociology, Southern Cross University
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor in Sociology, Deakin University
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Researcher and Ethics Coordinator, RMIT University
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Postdoctoral associate research fellow, Deakin University
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Monash University
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Professor, Head of Moray House School of Education and Sport, The University of Edinburgh
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Senior Research Fellow - School of Education and the Arts, Australian Catholic University
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Senior Lecturer in Science Education, Sussex School of Education and Social Work, University of Sussex
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Professor, School of Sociology, Australian National University
