Intersections of Religion, Education, and a Sustainable World

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· Springer Nature
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This open access volume contains up-to-date, informed perspectives on how sustainable development issues can be integrated into religious education. With a focus on issues that frequently appear in policy documents related to Education for Sustainable Development, this volume offers valuable guidance and research on how teacher education, didactics and pedagogy can be developed to better integrate these issues in religious education. The chapters include contributions from all over the world, thereby highlighting the importance of integrating the issue of environmental sustainability and sustainable development in all forms of religious education. This text appeals to educators, researchers and policy makers interested in the intersection of sustainability and religious education.

About the author

Sally Windsor is an Associate Professor in pedagogical work with a focus on sustainability and international education. Her research and teaching focuses upon teacher training and professional development in terms of interdisciplinary and cross-curricular teaching for social sustainability and global citizenship education.

Olof Franck is Professor in Subject matter of education, specializing Social Sciences and Associate Professor in Philosophy of Religion at the Department of Pedagogical, Curricular and Professional Studies, University of Gothenburg. His research and teaching interests mainly belong to the fields of religion education, ethics education, ethics, philosophy of religion and religious studies, as well as sustainability education with a focus on social sustainability, ethics and values.

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