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ERIC Number: EJ1261260
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-4087
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Is This the Other within Me? The Varied Effects of Engaging in Interfaith Learning
Goldberg, Tsafrir
Religious Education, v115 n3 p245-254 2020
Interfaith education appears to have a strong potential for prejudice reduction and for overcoming Islamophobia and antisemitism. Common in-group identity theory contends that awareness of interreligious similarities would reduce intergroup streotypes and anxiety. However, optimal distinctiveness theory assumes that pointing to similarities would actually pose an identity threat to learners, especially members of a minority. Jewish and Muslim Israeli adolescents who studied about similarities and inter religious influences between Islam and Judaism showed varied and contradictory reactions. Jewish students decreased prejudice while Muslim students slightly increased them. Findings are discussed in light of above theories, and point to educational implications.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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