Albania and the Teaching of Religion in Schools

Academicus International Scientific Journal ISSN 2079-3715 eIISN 2309-1088

14 Pages Posted: 21 Nov 2019

See all articles by Immacolata Macioti

Immacolata Macioti

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Arta Musaraj

Lecturer in Ph.D School in Applied Social Sciences, Department of Scocial Sciences and Economic

Date Written: January 7, 2017

Abstract

Multiculturalism and the new multi religious social realities are becoming dominant dimensions of today’s world. The huge changes in the social tissue of those societies, which up to now had an established dominant culture and religious affiliation, made them now face more than the effects of migrant flows, which inevitably causes confrontations of cultures and believes. The clash of civilizations, which have been so accurately predicted, took different forms of confrontation by giving floor to extremism into its organized form: an explosion of terrorism. By considering the strong connections between poverty and lack of education as an extremism cradle, many researchers consider the inclusion of the subjects related to the history and culture of religions as a strategy to reduce cultural and religious conflict as well as extremist behavior and the bases of terrorism, by increasing information and knowledge about religion starting from early teen years. Albania, a country known for its religious tolerance, is one of those countries which’ decision makers in education actually share this point of view and is going to start a project by including a module of limited hours of teaching in medium and high school students. The paper makes an analysis of the potential effects this might have considering its application related to the initial purposes of the project, by introducing the case of Italy and its strategy of religious education over the years as a comparative tool in order to analyze and predict the potential outcomes of this intent, by considering the national background of Albania and some specific learning traits and outcomes on such topics related to age and cultural set up.

Keywords: religious education; migration; conflict; religious extremism; Albania

JEL Classification: Z12

Suggested Citation

Macioti, Immacolata and Musaraj, Arta, Albania and the Teaching of Religion in Schools (January 7, 2017). Academicus International Scientific Journal ISSN 2079-3715 eIISN 2309-1088 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3485254

Immacolata Macioti

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Arta Musaraj (Contact Author)

Lecturer in Ph.D School in Applied Social Sciences, Department of Scocial Sciences and Economic ( email )

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