ABSTRACT
This chapter interrogates religious texts as resources for peace education that offers interfaith dialogue in the curriculum. The discussion reviews qualitative and interpretive hermeneutic approaches to religious education, interfaith dialogue, and peace education. Included are the Integrative Theory of Peace that rationalizes the incorporation of religion and religious nonviolent texts in curriculum for countering violence and the Gandhian philosophy of peace that provides an additional framework for that instruction. It explains that interfaith dialogue is a fundamental place where different religious traditions interact in conversation and cooperation at institutional as well as individual levels. The pedagogy of interfaith dialogue forefronts social inclusion and mutual coexistence as key components of peace education. Interreligious dialogue based on a pluralistic approach to learning supports nonviolence as a goal of teaching peace education. This approach encourages indigenous communities to participate in peace education. The curriculum is critical to implementation of the universal ethical principles of morality and justice with rejection of prejudice and segregation.
