Religious Literacy in Policy and Practice

Adam Dinham is Professor of Faith and Public Policy, and Director of the Faiths and Civil Society Unit at the Goldsmiths, University of London.

Matthew Francis is a Research Associate at Lancaster University. He is also the founding editor of RadicalisationResearch.org and has researched and written about religion and violence for the British Home Office and in the media.

Foreword ~ Grace Davie;

Section one – Theory;

Religious literacy: contesting an idea and practice ~ Adam Dinham and Matthew Francis;

Diminishing religious literacy: methodological assumptions and analytical frameworks for promoting the public understanding of religion ~ Diane L. Moore;

Religious literacy in the context of Theology and Religious Studies ~ David Ford and Mike Higton;

The irony of religious illiteracy in the USA ~ Stephen Prothero & Lauren R. Kerby;

Religious literacy as lokahi: social harmony through diversity ~ Michael Barnes SJ and Jonathan D. Smith;

Section two – Policy;

Religious literacy and welfare ~ Adam Dinham;

Religious literacy, radicalisation and extremism ~ Matthew Francis and Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist;

Religious literacy, equalities and human rights ~ Rebecca Catto and David Perfect;

Section three – Practice;

Religious illiteracy in school Religious Education ~ James C. Conroy;

Religious literacy in higher education ~ Stephen H. Jones;

Religious literacy and social work: the view from Australia ~ Beth R. Crisp;

Religious literacy and the media: the case of the BBC ~ Michael Wakelin and Nick Spencer;

Religious literacy and chaplaincy ~ Jeremy Clines with Sophie Gilliat-Ray;

Religious literacies: the future ~ Matthew Francis and Adam Dinham.