Attitudes of Interfaith Students in the West

Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors 1 Cross-Cultural Attitudes in Education: Majority-Minority Students in Australia and Germany  Abe W. Ata  1 Religious Diversity, Education, and Prejudice  2 Knowledge, Attitudes and False Beliefs in Education  3 Examining the Resentments and Grievances of the Australian Muslim Community  4 Examining the Resentments and Grievances of the Dominant Australian Community  5 Fostering Race-Related Dialogue in Education between the Two Groups  6 Methodology and Analysis PART 1: Knowledge, False Beliefs and Cross-Cultural Attitudes 2 Knowledge, False Beliefs and Fact-Driven Perceptions of Muslims in Australian High Schools  Abe W. Ata  1 Introduction  2 Method  3 Findings  4 Perception of Islam  5 Discussion  6 Conclusions 3 Knowledge, False Beliefs, and Information Processing Perception of Australia by Muslim High School Students  Abe W. Ata  1 Introduction  2 Companion Study of Non-Muslim Students  3 Survey Method and Sample Characteristics  4 Overall Results  5 Words and Images Which the Word “Australian” Triggers in the Mind of Participants  6 Discussion and Findings  7 Conclusions 4 Reaction Mixture of Perception and Attitudes of Tertiary Educated Muslim Students to Mainstream Australian Community  Abe W. Ata and David Teh  1 Introduction  2 Originality and Relevance of the Survey  3 Survey Method and Sample Characteristics  4 Findings  5 Knowledge about Christianity  6 Educational Influences on Interfaith Relations  7 Conclusions PART 2: Intergroup Relations, Social Distance and Religious Bias 5 Perception of the “Other” in Catholic Schools in Australia: A National Survey  Abe W. Ata  1 Introduction  2 Survey Method  3 Characteristics of Participating Schools  4 Conclusions 6 Differentiating Effects of Social Distance and Intergroup Contact: German University Students’ Views on Islam and Muslims  Abe W. Ata and Klaus Baumann  1 Introduction  2 Definitions and Background Perspectives  3 Survey Method and Sample Characteristics  4 Results and Discussion  5 Conclusions 7 Commixture Effects of Community Norms, Knowledge, and Friendship on Social Distance/Intergroup Relations with Muslims in the Wake of the Christchurch Terrorist Attacks  Abe W. Ata and David Teh  1 Background Perspectives—the Case of New Zealand  2 Survey Method, Data Analysis, and Sample Characteristics  3 Statistical Computations and Data Analysis  4 Results and Discussion  5 Conclusions PART 3: Religious Affiliation, Gender Differences, and Integration 8 Do Muslim-Australian Tertiary Students View Their Own Values to be Compatible with Those Held by the Dominant/Mainstream Society!  Abe W. Ata  1 Originality and Relevance of the Survey  2 Survey Method and Sample Characteristics  3 Conclusions 9 Cultural, Gender and Religious Predictors of Perception of Muslims at Tertiary Institutions  Abe W. Ata  1 Method Originality and Relevance of the Survey  2 Survey Method and Sample Characteristics  3 Results and Discussion  4 Conclusions 10 Knowledge, False Beliefs and Fact Driven Perceptions of Muslims in German Universities  Abe W. Ata and Klaus Baumann  1 Introduction  2 Survey Method and Sample Characteristics  3 Discussion  4 Conclusions PART 4: Social Cohesion, Stereotyping, and Inclusivity 11 Psychological and Social Distance of School-Age Non-Muslim Australians towards Muslims and Islam  Abe W. Ata  1 Methods  2 Results  3 Discussion and Conclusions 12 How Do Students in Islamic Schools Perceive Their Values as Compatible with the Broader Australian Community: A National Survey  Abe W. Ata  1 Survey Method and Sample Characteristics  2 Findings and Discussion  3 Overall Results 13 Conclusions  Abe W. Ata  1 Part 1: Knowledge, False Beliefs and Cross-Cultural Attitudes  2 Part 2: Intergroup Relations, Social Distance and Religious Bias  3 Part 3: Religious Affiliation, Gender Differences and Social Harmony  4 Part 4: Social-Psychological Distance, Stereotyping, and Inclusivity References Index