Towards a Narrative Theory of Religious Education: A study of teacher’s aims in Catholic primary schools
The article examines the aims of education as they relate to the construction of religious-narrative identities of children. The concept of religion is taken from Claire Disbrey’s institutional theory of religion, which is examined in association with Paul Ricoeur’s concept of narrative identity. Th...
| Published in: | International journal of education and religion |
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| Authors: | ; ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2000
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| In: |
International journal of education and religion
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| Further subjects: | B
educational aims
religious education
religious narrative identity
Catholic education
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| Summary: | The article examines the aims of education as they relate to the construction of religious-narrative identities of children. The concept of religion is taken from Claire Disbrey’s institutional theory of religion, which is examined in association with Paul Ricoeur’s concept of narrative identity. The construction of the religious-narrative identity is characterized by an interaction between individual and culture. On the basis of this conceptual framework the authors formulate six aims for the construction of religious-narrative identity in children. The teachers reported five of these six aims in an empirical study of teachers in Catholic primary schools in the Netherlands. The article concludes with a reflection on the results of the study. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0623 |
| Contains: | In: International journal of education and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1570-0623-90000002 |