Religious Schools in Europe: Institutional Opportunities and Contemporary Challenges

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Marcel Maussen (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Floris Vermeulen (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Religious Schools in Europe

Institutional Opportunities and Contemporary Challenges

Marcel Maussen (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Floris Vermeulen (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Michael Merry (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) , Veit Bader (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

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Routledge
28 January 2016

Faith (religious) schools

The European Convention on Human Rights guarantees freedom of education, including the opportunities to create and operate faith-based schools. However, as European societies become more religiously diverse and ‘less religious’ at the same time, the role of faith-based schools is increasingly being contested. Serious tensions have emerged between those who ardently support religious schools in their various forms, and those who oppose them. Given that faith-based schools enjoy basic constitutional guarantees in Europe, the controversy around them often surrounds issues of public financing, degrees of organisational and pedagogical autonomy, and educational practices and management.

This volume is about the controversies surrounding religious schools in a number of Western European countries. The introductory chapter briefly analyses the structural pressures that affect the position of religious schools, outlining the relevant institutional arrangements in countries such as Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Scotland. The following chapters provide a detailed analysis of the discussions and controversies surrounding faith-based schools in each country. Finally, the two concluding chapters aim to provide a bigger, comparative picture with regard to these debates about religious education in liberal democratic states and culturally pluralist societies. This book was originally published as a special issue of Comparative Education.

Edited by: Marcel Maussen (University of Amsterdam The Netherlands), Floris Vermeulen (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Michael Merry (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Veit Bader (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 476g
ISBN: 9781138888487
ISBN 10: 1138888486
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 28 January 2016
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marcel Maussen is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. His research focuses on governance of religious and cultural pluralism, transitions of democracy and fundamental rights and freedoms. Floris Vermeulen is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. His research focuses on the political and civic participation of immigrants, religious diversity and policies against extremism. Michael S. Merry is Professor of Philosophy of Education in the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. His primary areas of scholarship are ethics, political philosophy, and educational theory. Veit Bader is Emeritus Professor in Social and Political Philosophy and Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He has published widely on citizenship, democratic theory, associative democracy, social inequality, governance of religious pluralism and various other topics.

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Religious Schools in Europe

Institutional Opportunities and Contemporary Challenges

Marcel Maussen (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Floris Vermeulen (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Michael Merry (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) , Veit Bader (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

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