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This article approaches questions regarding religious pluralism from the perspective of a religious educator. It argues for the importance of educating both in the particularity of one’s home tradition and for a religiously pluralistic world: It concludes with some recommendations for educating Christians in such a way that the religious “stranger” becomes one’s “neighbour”.
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Boys, M.C. Educating Christians in order that strangers become neighbours. j. relig. educ. 70, 181–189 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40839-022-00174-w
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