Religious Education and Peace Education: A Partnership Imperative for Our Day

TL;DR: The authors explored the relationship between comparative religion knowledge and cultural diversity capability and argued that comparative religion education may assist in the development of inclusive attitudes towards religious and cultural difference and thus make a positive contribution to social cohesion and democratic citizenship.

TL;DR: The authors argue that there is need to adopt an approach that recognizes difference and promotes dialogue, where attention is given to the truth claims of religions in a way that enhances rather than undermines the creation of community.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that national and global events that led to the recent revival of religious education has not altered the nature of the existing arrangement of religious instruction in public schools in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.

TL;DR: The Ambivalence of the Sacred as mentioned in this paper explores the contemporary connections and tensions behind religion, violence, peacemaking and reconciliation, and argues that the religious impulse has supported nonviolence, reconciliation and respect for the individual.