Interfaith and Education
The Yogyakarta Regional Interfaith Dialogue stated, "We are of the view that the promotion of a culture of peace and acceptance based on relationships of justice should be promoted through education as a way to enrich dialogue."
Successive Dialogues have expanded the role of Education in Interfaith: "that education at all levels and in various contexts can play a significant role in promoting interfaith understanding and cooperation;" education about religions in the curricula of all schools, the bringing together of educationalists to develop curricula to promote interfaith understanding and human rights from religious perspectives.
Regional Interfaith Dialogues have raised the importance of, and commitment to the collection and dissemination of best practice educational interfaith resources and activities in the region.
The aim is to educate the following groups of individuals:
- Schools - Primary and Secondary school students
- Undergraduate and Post-graduate students
- Religious and Spiritual Leaders (as well as Intrafaith Education)
- Community Groups (including youth and women, future interfaith leaders)
RID Delegates and website participants are invited to submit contributions to this topic area, using the Contact form or the Submit News or Events page.
Curriculum Initiatives in Interfaith Education
Reports:
Singapore SE Community Development Council Exploration in Faith Program
Practical Action
Reports:
Academics call for review of school religious teaching
Getting facts straight about Religious Education in Schools
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We, as leaders of faith communities, need to develop a more inclusive view of the religious other, to recognise the humanity of the religious other as a starting point. We need to recognise the essential equality of all human beings regardless of religious beliefs. We need to affirm the mutuality and interdependency of all people... We may need even to extend this and recognise that religious other may, just may, have at least some access to the Truth. We may need to accept that the religious others also adopts more or less the same set of essential universal ethical-moral principles we share; that the religious other has feelings of pain and pleasure just like us; that the religious other has similar expectations about their children and family and the preservation of life, property and security; and that the religious other has the same fears and anxieties about the world and the future, just like us.