Teaching Islam: Islamic Religious Education in Sweden, by Jenny Berglund

Year 2011, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 133 - 136, 01.06.2011

Turgay Gündüz

https://doi.org/10.12730/13091719.2011.21.33

Abstract

First paragraph:
Teaching Islam is the seventeenth volume in a series on Religious
Diversity and Education in Europe. The inside of the front cover
states, “The publishing policy of the series is to focus on the importance
of strengthening pluralist democracies through stimulating the
development of active citizenship and fostering greater mutual understanding
through intercultural education. It pays special attention
to the educational challenges of religious diversity and conflicting
value systems in schools and in society in general.” This book appears
at a time when religious education, in general, and Islamic education,
specifically, has become one of the most significant challenges
in the multi-religious world, especially in Europe. To my
knowledge, this is the first study to present field research findings on
Islamic religious education in Sweden and in Europe. Therefore, the
book fills a niche in the field of religious studies.

Keywords

Teaching Islam, Islamic Religious Education, Jenny Berglund