Davie, Grace and Dinham, Adam. 2018. Religious Literacy in Modern Europe, in Religious Literacy, Law and History: perspectives on European Pluralist Societies. In: Alberto Melloni and Francesca Caddedu, eds. Religious Literacy, Law and History: Perspectives on European Pluralist Societies. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 17-28. ISBN 9781138303645 [Book Section]

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This chapter has two substantive sections. The first section summarises the religious context in modern Europe, and the factors that must be taken into account if this is to be properly understood. It exposes the reasons for religious illiteracy in this part of the world and the negative consequences that follow from this. The second section introduces two specific responses to this situation, recognising that the response to religious illiteracy – religious literacy – is not a unitary concept. Far from it: it varies considerably between sectors, settings and problems, a point made clear in our conclusion.

Item Type:	Book Section
Keywords:	religion, Europe, religious literacy, religious illiteracy
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Social, Therapeutic & Community Engagement (STaCS) > Faiths and Civil Society
Dates:	Date Event 13 December 2018 Published
Item ID:	26481
Date Deposited:	19 Jun 2019 10:56
Last Modified:	19 Jun 2019 10:56
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/26481

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