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Unsafe Gods: Security, secularism and schooling
Place of publication | Year of publication | Collation: 
United Kingdom | 2014 | 258p
Author: 
Lynn Davies
Region: 
Global

This book makes the compelling argument that religion can be complicit in conflict and that a new secularism is vital to foster security. Using insights from complexity science, it shows how dynamic secularism can be used to accommodate diverse faiths and beliefs within worldly politics. Exploration of the interplay of religion and education in the context of security and notions of safe schools offers new understandings of how religions learn – or instead remain frozen accidents that hinder societies from adapting to change. The book shows how turbulence and amplification underscore the necessity for an education that is critical even of patriarchal religious texts and that recognizes the power of satire and humour. 

Resource Type: 
Research papers / journal articles
Conference and programme reports
Theme: 
Civic / Citizenship / Democracy
Globalisation and social justice / International understanding
Preventing violent extremism / genocide
Keywords: 
preventing violent extremism
global citizenship education
learning to live together
curriculum