Abstract

STRYDOM, Maryke  and  BEYERS, Jaco. Narratives and counter-narratives as ways of creating religious tolerance. Verbum Eccles. (Online) [online]. 2024, vol.45, n.1, pp.1-6. ISSN 2074-7705.  https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v45i1.3221.

This article explored the utilisation of counter-narratives in tertiary education settings with regard to pseudo-events connected to big world events. The occurrence that this article focused on was the pseudo-events connected to the Israel-Hamas war that started in October 2023. These pseudo-events refer to a surge in Islamophobic and anti-Semitic hate crimes in countries outside the warzone. Two narrative examples are given that can be utilised within education settings; however, educators can look beyond the given examples and utilise other counter-narratives. Creating awareness of surges in discriminatory occurrences with the use of counter-narratives may increase humanisation and intersectional awareness in students. INTRADISCIPLINARY AND/OR INTERDISCIPLINARY IMPLICATIONS: This article was written from a religious studies perspective, with the aim of increasing religious tolerance within societies. This article is based on a quantitative literature review and narrative theories.

Keywords : religion; education; tolerance; narrative; counter-narrative; Israel-Hamas War; Islamophobia; antisemitism.

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