A Model for Teaching Asian Religions at School. Designing Religious Education Starting from Challenges to Eurocentrism

Research on Asian religions has represented a challenge to the study of religion and chance for rethinking it. Therefore, this article aims to reflect on the teaching of religions at school by starting from the challenges that Asian religions pose, such as their resistance to the Christian-centric paradigm of religion and their modern and contemporary developments that work in close relationship with hegemonic Western views of religion. This reflection is offered in concrete terms through the proposal of a flexible model for teaching Asian religions that covers the dimensions of axiology, epistemology, teaching, and learning. Theoretical discussion grounding the model and its practical indications are presented.