The link between schools and religions is an area of lively debate. Looking at two challenges of the 21st century - social inclusion and globalization, this book analyses the role that religion can play in fostering communities in schools and its implications for social, cultural and other developments in both national and international contexts.

Foreword by a leading international academic; Section A: Dialogue, Community, Nations and Learning; Chapter 1: Inclusion as Imagining the Real; Chapter 2: Community and Society; Chapter 3: Schooling and Learning; Chapter 4: Inclusive Research; Section B: Religion and Education; Chapter 5: Text and Context; Chapter 6: Dialogue Within and Between; Chapter 7: Inclusions and Religious Education; Chapter 8: Teachers and Pupils; Chapter 9: People, Communities and Societies; Chapter 10: Ethnographic Research in Communities; Section C: Learning, Research and Practice; Chapter 11: Creativity and Imagining; Chapter 12: Leading and Following in Learning Communities; Chapter 13: Learning Beyond School; Chapter 14: Ambiguity in Research: Include Me Out?; Bibliography.