Peace and Religious Studies Education for Social Transformation: A Conceptual Analysis
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2015-12-15
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Department of Religious Studies, Gombe State University, Gombe State
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Various crises have left a negative impact on many societies even at the global level. Such crises have caused loss of lives, loss of properties and dispersion of the socio-economic life of the people. In most parts of the world, crises have left their enduring legacies of tension, insecurity, mutual suspicion, arms build-up, and negative inter-religious relations. Since the incidence of September 11, 2001, when a terrorist attack was launched on the United States of America, peace education and religious studies have become major issues in understanding inter-human relationships. This is because they have the social function of regularity the relationship among human beings in a society. Peace education is essential in building a culture of peace through generating peaceful attitudes, dispositions, values, behaviors, action orientation and social structures. Peace education and Religious studies must be positive, integrative, restorative, generative and transformative. Their goals are to eliminate violence, crises, and promote voice-free communication, conflict resolution, and socio-economic development. This paper examines the Concepts of Peace, Peace Education, Religious Studies Education as well as the significance of Religious Studies Education. It tries to show how peace education and religious studies education can bring social transformation in the 3rd world countries.
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Peace Education,, Religious Studies Education,, Social Transformation, Security