Worldview Diversity Education at Global Liberal Arts Campuses
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https://doi.org/10.32674/jcihe.v14i5A.5065Keywords:
global liberal arts, comparative case study, religious diversity, worldviewAbstract
In this emerging scholar summary, the author joins together scholarship on religion and culture and advocates for education for religious understanding that is linked to global citizenship and diversity education from a social justice lens. A comparative case study methodology that incorporates a survey and elite interviews is used to explore the manner and degree to which global liberal arts colleges and universities are engaging with religious diversity. Three axes are applied to analyze the ways education for religious understanding may function across place, space, and time within global education policy networks.
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