Peace as a Challenge for Religious Education in Southeastern Europe: The Case of the 2023 Curricula in Greece
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25364/10.32:2024.1.3Keywords:
Peace Education, Religious Education, Curriculum, Greece, Human Rights Education, TextbooksAbstract
Abstract
Greece has been involved in global, local and civil wars in the past. Due to its geopolitical location, the country has also experienced both the threat of war and its political, religious and social consequences over time. This article examines whether the experience of wars and their aftermath, as well as the threat of war, have been taken into account in the new curricula for Religious Education (2023) in Greece, in order to use the theological and pedagogical potential and perspectives of Religious Education to defend and build of peace at interpersonal, local and global levels.
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