Religion in Rebellions, Revolutions, and Social Movements

Abstract

the authors reflect plurality. Thus, this collection is characterised by contributions from scholars with different religious backgrounds and from different countries. The different methods and approaches of the projects refer to current developments in the respective countries and consider different facets of religious diversity. The significant contribution of the third part is the overview of Islamic religious education in different countries. In addition, the presentation of the wider social context of the respective countries in most of the chapters allows for a good understanding of both the opportunities and the challenges of Islamic religious education. For comparability between the countries, it would be helpful for readers if the chapters had similar structures. In general, the contributions stand unrelated to each other in this volume. A different structure or a bundling of the individual contributions by the editors could have made for more internal consistency of the book. However, this does not diminish the great merit of the editors to have collected diverse contributions on religious plurality. The range of chapters provides a rich source of information on perspectives and research projects of authors from different countries. Overall, this edited volume offers interesting insights into religious diversity with a clear focus on Islam and Islamic religious education and is recommended to anyone concerned with Islamic religious education.