Linda Ahlgren, University of Edinburgh, UKSilvia Avram, University of Essex, UKMary Darmanin, University of Malta, MaltaMerike Darmody, Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland (ESRI); Trinity College Dublin, IrelandChrista Dommel, Dortmund University, GermanyJaap Dronkers, Maastricht University, the NetherlandsEtaoine Howlett, University College Cork, IrelandGoedroen Juchtmans, Catholic University of Leuven, BelgiumKathleen Lynch, University College Dublin, IrelandMaureen Lyons, University College Dublin, IrelandGillean McCluskey, University of Edinburgh, UKIdes Nicaise, Catholic University of Leuven, BelgiumSheila Riddell, University of Edinburgh, UKBert Roebben, Dortmund University, GermanyEmer Smyth, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Ireland; Trinity College Dublin, IrelandElisabet Weedon, University of Edinburgh, UK

1. Introduction; Emer Smyth, Merike Darmody and Maureen Lyons 2. Religion and Schooling: the European Context; Silvia Avram and Jaap Dronkers 3. Religious Education in Primary Schools in Scotland: Consensus or Uneasy Truce?; Sheila Riddell, Elisabet Weedon, Linda Ahlgren and Gillean McCluskey 4. The Material and Symbolic Cultures of the Everyday: Religion in Maltese Primary Schools; Mary Darmanin 5. Children's Agency and Religious Identity in Irish Primary Schools; Emer Smyth, Merike Darmody, Maureen Lyons, Kathleen Lynch and Etaoine Howlett 6. Religion and Immigration: The Acculturation Attitudes of Muslim Primary-School Children Attending Flemish Schools; Goedroen Juchtmans and Ides Nicaise 7. Education as Negotiation: Discovering New Patterns of Religious Identity Formation in Germany; Bert Roebben and Christa Dommel 8. Conclusions; Emer Smyth, Merike Darmody and Maureen Lyons Index

Drawing on a major EU-funded research project, this book examines how religious/secular beliefs are formed at school and in the family across different European countries, offering insights into key policy issues concerning the place of religion in the school system and illuminating current debates around religion and multiculturalism.