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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
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Conferences
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Press Review
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Contractual Partners
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Schools
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Associated Partners
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Dietary Rules
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Description and comparative analysis of the dietary rules of different religions and confessions
Dietary Rules
According to a saying of the Prophet Mohammed, “he who fasts during Ramadan with faith and seeking reward from God will have his past sins forgiven”.
The fast regulates the entry into the body of all foreign substances. No food, drink, smoke, or medication (including injections) is allowed during fasting. Any kind of sexual activity is also forbidden.
Daily fasting is between the first glimmer of dawn, up to a couple of hours before actual sunrise, until the sun has completely set, at which time all these exchanges between inside and outside become licit again—in due course. These two moments of the start and end of the daily fasting period are signaled by cannon shots during Ramadan in the cities of many Islamic countries as well as TV and radio programmes.
The dinner served after fasting is over in the evening is called iftar. The tradition dictates that once the fasting is over one should break his/her fasting with a light snack such as one of three dates. This was the custom of the Prophet Mohammed and it is a tradition to start eating with dates. After this light snack one should perform the evening prayer and then the main dinner is served.
The month of Ramadan is actually a month long festivity for Muslims. Inviting relatives and friends for iftar is quite common. After dinner people go to mosques for the fith and the last prayer of the day as well as tarawih prayers that are special extra prayers for Ramadan.
After people are done with the prayers, most of the people stay up until sahoor (early morning breakfast before the sunrise) and main squares of the bigger towns turn into an entertainment center. People enjoy this late hours of the old day and early hours of the new day drinking tea, coffee and spending time with the family and the friends.
Children are encouraged to try to follow them for a few days as they approach puberty. Sometimes they are fast the first half of the day until lunch, and then carry on in the afternoon as the second part.
During the month Muslims read Qur’an and carry out charity works. One should also refrain from being rude, backbiting, quarreling, and from seeing indecent shows, movies, programs, and the like.
Since lunar calendar is 11 days shorter than the Gregorian calendar, Ramadan travels around the calendar happening sometimes in the summer or in the winter. Therefore the fasting time during the day changes depending on the season, being shorter in the winter and longer in the summer.
A couple of sips of water and dates are used for breaking the fast.
Pide a special flat bread sprinkled with sesame and black cumin is sold in bakeries during the month of Ramadan. Pide is eaten at the iftar dinners.
It is a tradition that drummers wander in streets to wake people up for Suhur time. This tradition comes from the times without alarm clocks or smart phones.
Iftar tents are built in poor neighborhoods in which people can eat free and collectively together at iftar time.
During the Ramadan, Muslims cook special dishes for Iftar dinner and invite relatives and feel the spirit.
An animated narration on Ramadan for kids.
