Religious diversity in the life of young people as challenge and opportunity: About (religious) plurality in the school habitat

Religious diversity in the life of young people as challenge and opportunity

About (religious) plurality in the school habitat

Authors

  • Josef Walder KPH Edith Stein

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25364/10.29:2021.2.9

Keywords:

teenagers, plurality, school, interreligious learning, identity formation

Abstract

How can teenagers learn to handle ever increasing religious diversity? What can school or teachers provide in order for young people to be able to orientate themselves in this plurality and persist in their own environment. After looking at the situation of teenagers, this entry analyses criteria for a critical reflection on the inside and the outside. Ultimately “personality” and a “cosmopolitan perspective” are required for personal and social learning. The experience of students of the KPH Edith Stein in connection with the course “Plurality of religious phenomenon” is incorporated in this paper.

Author Biography

Josef Walder, KPH Edith Stein

Dr. theol. Josef Walder, Lehrtätigkeit an der Kirchlichen Pädagogischen Hochschule Edith Stein, Schriftleitung der Zeitschrift ÖKUM, Forschungsschwerpunkte: Beziehungsaspekt in Bildungsprozessen, Möglichkeiten und Grenzen digitaler Medien und digitaler Lehre; Umgang mit (religiöser) Pluralität im Lebensraum Schule. Lehrtätigkeit in der Aus-, Fort- und Weiterbildung.

 

Dr. theol Josef Walder

KPH Edith Stein

Riedgasse 11

A-6020 Innsbruck

e-mail: josef.walder(at)kph-es.at

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Published

2021-11-15

How to Cite

Walder, J. (2021) “Religious diversity in the life of young people as challenge and opportunity: About (religious) plurality in the school habitat”, Austrian Journal of Religious Education, 29(2), pp. 159–179. doi: 10.25364/10.29:2021.2.9.

Issue

Vol. 29 No. 2 (2021): Youth Religiousness - Religiousness of Youth

Section

Article - topic oriented