ERB Journal Archive
EUROCLIO Special Report — Georgia: Uncovering Diversity in History
This special report from EUROCLIO details the methods, conclusions, and preliminary results of a EUROCLIO project on Tolerance Building Through History Education In Georgia. One of the project outputs was a teaching tool “How We Lived Together in the 20th … Continue reading
Islam (Instruction) in State Schools: An EU Lifelong Learning Project
This project addresses the teaching and learning challenges and the need for successful integration through education of Muslim migrants in Europe, as well as providing officials, directors and teachers in school an understanding of international norms for freedom of religious … Continue reading
Places of Faith: A Road Trip Across America’s Landscape
David Brigg’s review of Places of Faith: A Road Trip Across America’s Landscape (OUP, 2012) by Christopher Scheitle and Roger Finke underscores the linkage between knowledge about each other’s religions and the lessening of prejudice, as well as the similarities … Continue reading
CFP Deadline: Feb 1, Kaufman Conference on Religious Traditions and Business Behavior, DC, USA
The Henry Kaufmann conference explores two central questions in the relationship between the world’s major religious traditions and the business behavior of adherents to those traditions: First, what do the world’s major organized religious traditions – Protestantism, Catholicism, Islam, Hinduism, … Continue reading
UN PGA Observance, Feb 7, World Interfaith Harmony Week
The office of the President of the General Assembly, in conjunction with the Committee of Religious NGOs and other NGOs, will observe the World Interfaith Harmony Week, declared by the General Assembly in a 2010 resolution, through a special ceremony … Continue reading
Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
Report of the Special Rapporteur. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, in this report released December 2011, provides an overview of his activities for 2011. He then focuses on the varying meanings of … Continue reading
Guidelines for Educators On Countering Intolerance and Discrimination Against Muslims Released
These Guidelines for Educators on Countering Intolerance and Discrimination Against Muslims: Addressing Islamophobia through Education has been jointly developed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the Council of Europe and UNESCO, with input from academic experts, … Continue reading
Student Voices on Impact of Teaching About World Religions
Utilizing the voices of student interviewees from Modesto , Dr. Emile Lester, University of Mary Washington and Dr. Patrick Roberts, Virginia Tech University, discuss in this article the impact of teaching about world religions on intolerance/tolerance, religious freedom, and changes … Continue reading
Side By Side: Parallel Histories of Israel-Palestine
One of the major issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is history. A long-awaited innovative historical treatment has been the dual histories — juxtaposed literally — in Side By Side: Parallel Histories of Israel and Palestine by Sami Adwan, Dan Bar-on, … Continue reading
Interfaith Dialogue and Religious Education: Indonesia
In this article, Zainal A. Bagir from our partner organization Gadjah Mada University's Center for Religious and Cross-cultural Studies explores the theoretical and practical implications of making interfaith dialogue a part of religious education, whether in a mono-religious model, a … Continue reading