Asian Interfaith Dialogue : Perspectives on Religion, Education and Social Cohesion

The events of the last few years have directed even more attention to the relationships among religion, education and social cohesion in the context of development in Asia. There is, therefore, a need to consider the combined role of religion and e...

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Main Authors:	Alatas, Syed Farid, Ghee, Lim Teck, Kuroda, Kazuhide
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Singapore: Centre for Research on Islamic and Malay Affairs and the World Bank 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE ADB ADDITION ART ARTISTS BASIC BASIC VALUES BELIEF SYSTEMS BELIEFS BRIDGE BUDDHA BUDDHISM BUDDHISTS CAPITALISM CHILD EDUCATION CHRISTIANITY CHRISTIANS CHURCH CHURCHES CIVICS CIVICS EDUCATION CIVILIZATION CIVILIZATIONS COMMON VALUES COMPLEXITY COOKING FACILITIES CREATION CULTURAL ACTIVITIES CULTURAL HERITAGE CULTURES CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES CURRICULUMS CUSTOMS DAILY LIFE DEMOCRATIZATION DISCOURSE DIVERSITY DRAWING ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RECOVERY EDUCATION SYSTEMS ESSAYS ETHICAL VALUES ETHICS ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNICITY EUROCENTRISM EVIL EVILS FAITH FAITHS FAMILIES FANATICISM FATE FESTIVAL FICTION FILMS GENDER GOD HERITAGE HINDUISM HINDUS HORN OF AFRICA HOUSEWIVES HUMAN RIGHTS HUMANISM HUMANITIES IDEOLOGIES IDEOLOGY INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION ISLAM KNOWLEDGE SHARING LANGUAGES LEARNING LIBERATION THEOLOGY LITERACY LITERATURE LOCAL CULTURE LOGIC MATHEMATICS MEANING MEDIA MISSIONARIES MORAL EDUCATION MORAL VALUES MORALITY MOTHER TONGUE MULTICULTURALISM MUSIC MUSLIMS NATION BUILDING NATIONAL CURRICULUM NATIONAL EDUCATION NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NORMS PACIFIC REGION PERCEPTION PHILOSOPHERS PHILOSOPHY PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE PHYSICS PLACES OF WORSHIP PRIESTS PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS PRINCIPLES RATIONALITY READING REALITY REASONING RELATIVISM RELIGION RELIGIONS RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES RELIGIOUS EDUCATION RELIGIOUS GROUPS RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS RITUALS SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOLING SECONDARY SCHOOLS SECULARISM SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIETIES SOCIETY SPEAKING SPIRITUALITY STUDENT LEARNING TAOISTS TEACHING THAI THEOLOGY TOWN PLANNING TRADITION TRADITIONAL CUSTOMS TRADITIONS TRANSLATION TRUTH UNIVERSALITY VIRTUES VOCABULARY WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES WORLD RELIGIONS WORLD VIEWS YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/8532565/asian-interfaith-dialogue-perspectives-religion-education-social-cohesion http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14747

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Summary:	The events of the last few years have directed even more attention to the relationships among religion, education and social cohesion in the context of development in Asia. There is, therefore, a need to consider the combined role of religion and education in fostering a more holistic form of development without concurrently fanning flames of ethnic, religious and other kinds of conflicts. This book discusses the relationship between religion, the role of education in generating social capital and its impact on the development of society. It draws on papers presented at an interfaith workshop co-hosted by the World Bank and the Centre for Research on Islamic and Malay Affairs (RIMA). The dialogue took place in Singapore on 27-28 October 2001, with the participation of some 50 experts from Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. The book describes the rich group of partners associated with this dialogue, their call to move beyond the discourse of dialogue and the imperative to start practicing it. It conveys an effort to learn from both sides. It lays out the debates of scholars who see education as a major instrument for fostering knowledge and skills -- with the purpose of improving knowledge sharing, teaching methodologies, and bolstering mutual development efforts.

Asian Interfaith Dialogue : Perspectives on Religion, Education and Social Cohesion

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