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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

Elise Dosnon, RenaSup (France)

This Chapter outlines 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, highlighting, according to an historical perspective, the events in which religions and religious authorities played a key role. The contents propose examples and real case scenarios to be used in classroom of historical events in which religion played an important role, in order to guide the students in developing a stronger critical spirit.

1. Religion and Religious Structures as Incentives for Education and Enlightenment

2. Religion Supporting the Creation of Art

3. Religion Supporting the Creation of Music

4. Religion Supporting the Development of Literature

5. Religion and Politics

6. Religion and Law

7. Secularism

8. ESSENTIAL GLOSSARY

9. Interactive Test

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