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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.
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Celebrations
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Description and comparative analysis of the celebrations of different religions and confessions
Celebrations
Since the 20th century, it is also a secular holiday associated with family meetings and gift exchanges. Gifts are especially given to children, who are often encouraged to believe that gifts come from Santa Claus or Saint Nicholas, and that those gifts are given to all children, unless they are naughty.
The gifts can evoke the visit of the three wise men, or Magi, mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew and often pictured as bringing gifts to the child Jesus. However, in popular folklore, Santa Claus is the most representative figure.
During Christmas period, lots of decorations are installed, in the city squares and roads, and inside houses.
The most prominent decoration is the Christmas tree, often highly decorated: children’s gifts are usually placed under it. Other decorations include wreaths, illuminations in cities, in roads and squares.
Last but not least, nativity scenes are set up in houses or some buildings like churches or Christian institutions, and even outdoors sometimes. It depicts the biblical scene of the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, with his mother Mary, Joseph, the three Magi, farm animals and various characters. Overall, these days, Christmas is for most people a social and traditional event more than a religious one, even if its roots are religious.
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo - Adoration of the Magi- The painting Adoration of the Magi by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, depicting the three wise men with Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
Bronzino, Worship of the shepherds- The painting Worship of the shepherds by Bronzino, depicting a nativity scene with Cherubs.
Illuminated Regent Street- Regent Street, in London, United Kingdom, illuminated for Christmas.
Nativity scene- A nativity Scene.
Christmas tree in Brașov, Romania- Decorated Christmas tree in the town of Brasov, Romania
Origins of Christmas- A short video about Christmas and its origins.
The History of Christmas- An ASMR video about Christmas.
