Fostering religious tolerance in Education: The Dutch Perspective

Most western societies have become religiously diverse, and these differences are quite often an important aspect of tensions and conflicts regarding religious tolerance as well as intolerance (Schweitzer 2007, p. 89). How can we learn to live together in peace with people who hold opinions and beliefs which we personally and sometimes also collectively (strongly) disagree with? And how can we teach our youngsters to do so and develop a modus of behaviour that is compatible with this? Especially after the terrorist attacks in Paris in January 2015, the urgency of these questions needs to be em... Mehr ...