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ISREV:
Convenor: Professor John Hull (J.M.Hull@bham.ac.uk).
Meets biennially since 1978. Attendance by invitation. The 2004
meeting will be held in Philadelphia 25-30 July focusing on the
theme of "Religion and the War on Terror: the role of education
in religion and values"
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ENRECA:
The group is committed to research on the educational
implications of the changing patterns of religious and secular plurality
in European countries. ENRECA operates as an on-going research seminar
and currently includes scholars from Germany, the United Kingdom,
the Netherlands, Norway, France and Estonia. Seminars include the
presentation and critical discussion of current research, the exchange
of research findings and discussions of common issues relevant to
the European context. A key element of the group's work is its concern
to ensure that research findings are relevant to educational policy
makers and practitioners. The group is committed to involving practitioners
in the research process and includes teachers and teacher educators
who are engaged in research as well as academics from various relevant
fields, professional researchers and PhD students.Contact person:
Professor H. G. Heimbrock (heimbrock@em.uni-frankfurt.de).
The group's first book was published in 2001, and includes critical essays and research reports relating to diversity as a challenge for education in Europe (Heimbrock, Hans-Günter, Scheilke, Christoph Th. and Schreiner, Peter (eds) (2001) Towards Religious Competence: Diversity as a Challenge for Education in Europe, (Münster: Lit Verlag)). In addition, members of the group publish a wide range of relevant articles and books.
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INIRICE:
The INIRICE network was set up in 1994 soon after
the election of a democratic government in South Africa, and had
its first meeting in September in the Faculty of Education at the
University of Hamburg, organized by Professor Wolfram Weisse. The
aim was to The seminar brought together Northern European and Southern
African members of research and development groups working in the
fields of religion, education and cultural diversity in order to
share insights and to learn from one another. The second meeting
of the seminar, convened by Professor Trees Andree, was held in
1996 at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. The Institute
of Comparative Religion in Southern Africa at the University of
Cape Town, under the leadership of Professor David Chidester, hosted
the third seminar in 1998. The fourth meeting in 2001 was hosted
by Prof Bob Jackson at the University of Warwick, UK. Papers from
the meetings are published in Weisse (1996), Andree, Bakker and
Schreiner (1997), Chidester, Stonier and Tobler (1999) and Jackson
(2003).
- Weisse, W (ed) (1996) Interreligious and Intercultural Education: Methodologies, Conceptions and Pilot Projects in South Africa, Namibia, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Germany, Münster, Comenius Institut
- Andree, T, Bakker, C and Schreiner, P (eds) (1997) Crossing Boundaries: Contributions to Interreligious and Intercultural Education, Münster, Comenius Institut.
- Chidester, D, Stonier, J and Tobler, J (eds) (1999) Diversity as Ethos: Challenges for Interreligious and Intercultural Education, Cape Town, Institute for Comparative Religion in Southern Africa.
- Jackson, R (Ed) (2003) International Perspectives on Citizenship, Education and Religious Diversity, London, RoutledgeFalmer > see review
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