This conceptual article expands our knowledge on the meaning and practice of spiritual
global citizenship by focusing on the civic and global purposes of Islamic religious education …

The teaching of Islam in Western and non-Western societies may be located along a
continuum from critical to non-critical paradigms. Islamic religious education is dominated by …

Balancing the communitarian, civic, and liberal aims of faith-based education presents a
significant challenge to most religious education teachers. The communitarian approach to …

For over a decade, Mainland China has been embarking on an ambitious nation-wide
education reform ('New Curriculum Reform') for its basic education. The reform reflects …

This article explores and compares the salient characteristics and educational influences of
humanism in both Islam and Confucianism. It is argued that the humanist tradition in both …

This article examines the tenets of today's two contemporary traditions in Islam, neo-
traditional Salafism and liberal or progressive Islam and analyzes how they cultivate a …

Based on Habermas' normative theory of religion in post-secular society, this article
elaborates on the organisation of Islamic religious education (RE) in state schools. Hereto, a …

This paper investigates the philosophical tensions between secular-liberalism and Islam,
and reviews Islamic conceptualisations of knowledge, personhood and education, in order …

A challenge faced by educators is how to initiate learners into the culture of one's community
without indoctrinating them. This chapter examines the problem of indoctrination in the …

In analyzing economic phenomena that occur in the midst of society, economists always use
assumptions. Rationality is the most important assumption and becomes the main step in …