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The Contested Role of Education in Conflict and Fragility pp 217–233Cite as

Storytelling in Religious Education

Promoting Respect and Empathy in Diverse Communities

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Many peace-building and conflict resolution projects across the world include the use of the arts (e.g. theatre, music, dance, painting, storytelling). The utilization of art in this way is aimed to help people from across communities to overcome their fears and prejudices by learning about each other through creativity and imagination with the aim of building a future where the break-down of social trust, which sometimes spirals down into violence, is less likely to occur.

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    Pauline Kollontai

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    Zehavit Gross

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    Lynn Davies

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Kollontai, P. (2015). Storytelling in Religious Education. In: Gross, Z., Davies, L. (eds) The Contested Role of Education in Conflict and Fragility. The World Council of Comparative Education Societies. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-010-9_14

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