The Routledge International Handbook of Religion and Values

The academic fields of religion and values are the focus of renewed interest in contemporary thinking about human activity and its motivations. The Routledge International Handbook of Education Religion and Values highlights and elaborates upon a range of international research related to this renewed interest. It provides an authoritative overview of global issues in religion and values by surveying the state of this academic area through contributions from international experts in a range of topics related to the broad field. It includes emerging, controversial and cutting-edge contributions as well as contributions in more established areas. The two editors are international authorities in the field and have brought together experts from across the world; all chapters are newly commissioned and draw upon theory and research in order to examine the complexity of the field of study.
The handbook is organised around four sections, which focus on both the importance of religion and values as broad fields of human enquiry as well as in their application to education, inter-agency work and cross-cultural endeavours: The Conceptual World of Religion and Values Religion and Values in Education Religion and Values in Inter-Agency Work Religion and Values in Cross-cultural Work This comprehensive reference work will be of interest to students, researchers and academics involved with education.