Diversità religiosa e scuola. Rapporti islamo-cristiani e programmi scolastici: un connubio possibile?

Through the daily relationship with children and young people with a migrant background, teachers and\r\neducators have the opportunity to develop specific skills useful in the interpretation of different cultures\r\nand religions, in the contrast to folkloristic and stereotyped approaches, as well as in finding points of\r\ncontact that make possible a peaceful coexistence between the different memberships in inclusive educational environments. In this perspective, in the broader discourse on intercultural dialogue, «religious\r\ndiversity» must be thought of and experienced as a positive resource in the complex processes of growth of\r\nindividuals and societies, in which the different religions can represent an important opportunity to (re)\r\ndiscover their own cultural/religious identity. On the contrary, the illiteracy of the sacred puts us in a\r\nposition to ignore that religions reflect history, social evolution, mutual influences, with the risk of urging\r\nforms of closure and «radicalism» on a religious basis.