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History of Religions
History of the 3 Monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) and of the main different Christianity confessions (Roman Catholicism, Eastern Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism and Protestantism)
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Pedagogical Approaches
New pedagogical approaches to teach history of religion
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Role of Religions in Civilization
How to didactically promote among students of different confessions, the capacity of a critical analysis and understanding of the role played by religions in the history of mankind
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Interreligious Students’ Competences
Set of teaching contents, to be used by teachers to highlight and valorize the universal values of tolerance and universalisms that all Monotheistic religions and religious texts contain to promote and sustain mutual understanding among students
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Managing Multi-Religious Classes
Teaching Sources to help teachers dealing with multicultural and multi-religious classes
Map
An interactive didactical map interactive didactical map giving access to sites with a religious relevance.-
Introduction
A comparative review of the liturgical celebrations, ceremonies and dietary rules existing in the different religions.
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Celebrations
Description and comparative analysis of the celebrations of different religions and confessions
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Ceremonies
Description and comparative analysis of the ceremonies of different religions and confessions
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Dietary Rules
Description and comparative analysis of the dietary rules of different religions and confessions
Events
The Pathway through Religions project has been promoted trough conferences and articles.
Conferences
The Pathway through Religions project was presented in a number of events in order to report about the activities carried out and the results achieved
Press Review
The Pathway through Religions project partnership made contacts with web sites focusing on the fields of educationPartnership
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Contractual Partners
From this section it is possible to access to a description of each contractual partner of the Pathway through Religions project.
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Schools
From this section it is possible to access to the information about the schools involved in the Pathway through Religions Project in the European countries involved.
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Associated Partners
As a result of the exploitation activity a number of associated partners officially joined the project in order to contribute to the improvement of the project impact on their target groups and to ensure the project sustainability by continuing using the project deliverables in the next years.
This section of the Pathway through Religions portal provides administrative information for the project contractual partners and for the European Commission and it is password protected.
Map
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Ensemble avec Marie
No precise address, many local sites in France and the meetings take place in different places each time
WEB SITE http://www.ensembleavecmarie.org/
RELIGIONS Catholic, Islam
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELIGIOUS SITE
DESCRIPTION
Ensemble avec Marie includes Catholic and Muslim representatives of organisations, or just believers, who are gathered around the figure of Mary. An international committee meets twice a year and supports local initiatives. Local organisation committees, including Muslims and Christians, meet many times throughout the year to prepare the meetings. These meetings are a chance to embody fraternity. Ensemble avec Marie has local organisations in 25 cities but also around the world (in Belgium, Niger, DR Congo, Italy, Benin, and Burkina Faso).
HISTORICAL RELEVANCE
Ensemble avec Marie was created from a Libanese inspiration and started in France for the first time in 2015 at the Longpont basilica (in the French department of Essonne) and has been spread all over France and abroad since then. In 2018, 24 gatherings are scheduled in the Maghreb and in Africa with the aim of mobilising “the heart and the intelligence”. All the gatherings organised by Ensemble avec Marie go beyond the idea of dialogue: they are “spiritual and popular meetings” between Christian and Muslim believers, around the figure of Mary.
INTER-RELIGIOUS RELEVANCE
The proximity of the two stories of the Annunciation in the Gospel and in the Koran was the starting point of Ensemble avec Marie. It gathers Christians and Muslims from all backgrounds, who wish to build a civilisation based on Love and Peace, while respecting each other’s identity. Because the communities tend not to know each other well, people can mistrust other religions. In order to avoid these identity tensions which threaten social cohesion, only a dialogue can help go beyond fears and ignorance. They promote a brotherly community with diversity in culture and religion, respecting worship and the right to be different. The gathering in Ensemble avec Marie is spiritual; reunited around the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, Chritians and Muslims find each other in the love they share for her.
RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE
With the tense context of the past few years in France (due to the terrorist attacks), such an organisation is very important in France. Even if France is mainly Catholic, Islam is one one the main religions in the country. It is then important for believers to urge the French population to view religion as a means of making connections between people, not as a means of dividing people. Ensemble avec Marie is a way to see common points between two religions and to avoid an inward-looking attitude.
HOW TO USE WITH THE STUDENTS
The teacher may organise practical activities about Christianism and Islam (using the practical activities of IO1) to discuss the two religions and how they have been in relation with each other in history. Then, he can lead discussions about Ensemble avec Marie and ask the students how and why such an organisation is important.
REFERENCE TO THE GUIDELINE
- History and Philosophy of Religions - Christianity
- History and Philosophy of Religions - Islam
- Building Students’ Interreligious Competences in Communication and Adaptation in a Cross-Cultural Environment - Religion as a Source of Inclusion and Peace
MEDIA RESOURCES
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Chrétiens et Musulmans, Ensemble avec MarieThis pictures shows people from different backgrounds holding a banner that reads "Chritians and Muslims - Ensemble avec Marie"
VIDEOS
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Ensemble avec Marie
This video shows a gathering of Ensemble avec Marie in a church in 2015. Since there are a lot of Muslim songs as well as Christian songs that are being sung, we can see the interreligious nature of such a gathering.
LINKS
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Ensemble avec Marie, meeting between Christians and Muslims
On this flickr page, you can find many pictures of different gathering on the organisation Ensemble avec Marie. It is interesting to see the diversity on these pictures.
