Places of Faith: A Road Trip Across America’s Landscapeby David Brigg
The Huffington Post
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 and differences between faith communities in the USA.
PRIME
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, and Eyal Naveh of PRIME.
Does God Make a Difference?: Taking Religion Seriously in Our Schools and Universitiesby Charles C. Haynes
E news Park Forest
Charles C. Haynes, director of the Religious Freedom Education Project at the Newseum, reviews the late philosopher Warren Nord's book,
Does God Make a Difference?: Taking Religion Seriously in Our Schools and Universities , published October 2010 by Oxford University Press.
New Scientist
In this review of Scott Atran's book, Talking to the Enemy: Faith, Brotherhood and the (Un)making of Terrorists (HarperCollins, 2010), Michael Bond examines Atran's field research on the social dynamics of terrorism, and points out that despite popular understanding, many of the so-called "Islamic" terrorists were not educated in religous schools. This and other work points to the fact that the more a person knows about their religion, the less likely they are to turn to violence.
America's Four Godsby Rev. Patrick J. Howell
Seattle Times
Review of the book "America's Four Gods;" authors Paul Froese and Christopher Bader say that 95 percent of Americans believe in God, but that conflicts occur because people's views of God are so radically different.
The Role of Religion in 21st Century Public Schoolsby Sam Rocha
education review/reseñas educativas
This review evaluates a collection of essays on much of the controversial issues on religion in public schools, although most of the issues relate to the United States (with the exception of one on Denmark).
feministreview.blogspot.com
In Transforming Faith, Sadaf Ahmad explores the role of Al-Huda, a women’s Islamic religious school, in promoting the spread of a particular kind of Islam, especially among educated middle- and upper-class women in Islamabad, Pakistan. Publisher Syracuse University Press (2009)
TwoCircles.net
Review of book by Nilanjana Gupta on Madrasas in West Bengal. The book examines the history of madrasas in West Bengal, reports on empirical research on different kinds of madrasas,and discusses the blending of modern and Islamic education in some of these madrasas.
