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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.
Role of Religions in Civilization
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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
Role of Religions in Civilization
- Bishop
A bishop is a clergyman of high rank in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox churches. - Canon law
the law of the Christian church. It has authority only for that church and its members. - Congregation
The people who are attending a church service or who regularly attend a church service are referred to as the congregation. - Denomination
A particular denomination is a particular religious group which has slightly different beliefs from other groups within the same faith. - House of Lords
The House of Lords is the part of the parliament in Britain whose members have not been elected. The building where they meet is also called the House of Lords. - Icon
an icon is a picture of the Christ, his mother, or a saint painted on a wooden panel. - Ideology
An ideology is a set of beliefs, especially the political beliefs on which people, parties, or countries base their actions. - Nasheeds/nashids
Muslim religious songs. Those songs are called ilahi in Turkey, nasyiden in Malaysia and Indonesia, ilahija in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and naat in Pakistan and India. - Shaman
Among some Native American peoples, a shaman is a person who is believed to have powers to heal sick people or to remove evil spirits from them. - Theology
it is the study of the nature of God and of religion and religious beliefs.
