Interfaith Curricula

http://www.aarweb.org/syllabus/browse.asp

The Syllabus Project offers a wide range of course syllabi from scholars working within the academic study of religion. Teachers in the field have contributed some of their most creative syllabi to this site.

Bradford Primary Syllabus    Bradford Secondary Syllabus

The Centre's staff includes a unique team of Faith Tutors representing local Christian, Hindu, Muslim and Sikh communities, working together to help develop better interfaith understanding. The work of the Centre includes supporting schools teaching their local Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education, and a programme of weekly faith worship for Christian, Hindu, Muslim and Sikh pupils in Bradford LEA schools. The Centre houses a bookshop, library and loan service. In addition to the Bradford Primary and Secondary syllabi, IEC Publications include: Regarding Religion (a handbook for partnerships in education for citizenship and shared values in European schools) and Supporting Bereaved Children (a handbook to support children from various faith backgrounds who have suffered bereavement).

This link provides access to the syllabi collection of Harvard's Pluralism Project. Most of the syllabi have been developed with an eye to America's religious pluralism.

This course, conceived by Yehezkel Landau who teaches at Hartford Theological Seminary, explores the paradox of religion as a source of division and conflict, on the one hand, and of peaceful aspirations and compassionate, sacrificial service on the other. Theoretical approaches to this paradox, drawn from the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions, will be supplemented by practical case studies, with particular attention given to the Israeli-Palestinian-Arab dispute over the “Holy Land.” How can our faith commitments be effectively applied to promote inter-communal reconciliation? How can our own lives exemplify a peacemaking vocation in the face of religious extremists within our own faith community and those of our neighbors? These and related questions will be addressed, with a central goal being to integrate the lessons learned from the readings with our everyday challenges as peace-seekers.