The freedom of religion and the freedom of education in twenty-first-century Belgium: a critical approach
In spite of recent tendencies of secularisation and religious pluralism, most Belgian schools are Catholic schools, where Roman Catholic religious education is a compulsory subject. As we will argue, this can lead to a de facto undermining of the freedom of religion and education and a shift in the...
| Publié dans: | British journal of religious education |
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| Type de support: | Numérique/imprimé Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Routledge
[2016]
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British journal of religious education
Année: 2016, Volume: 38, Numéro: 3, Pages: 308-324 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Belgien
/ École catholique
/ Éducation religieuse
/ Sécularisation
/ Liberté religieuse
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| RelBib Classification: | AH Pédagogie religieuse AX Dialogue interreligieux KBD Benelux KDB Église catholique romaine |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Higher Education
B Education B Civil Rights B Freedom Of Religion |
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| Résumé: | In spite of recent tendencies of secularisation and religious pluralism, most Belgian schools are Catholic schools, where Roman Catholic religious education is a compulsory subject. As we will argue, this can lead to a de facto undermining of the freedom of religion and education and a shift in the system is therefore required. In the long term, the number of Catholic schools should be in proportion with the number of students/parents choosing these schools. In the short term, however, this strategy is not recommended and for pragmatic reasons, we propose a system in which religious education in substantially subsidised faith-based schools is no longer compulsory. We will argue that such a system does not lead to an infringement of the (internal) freedom of religion of faith-based institutions and that it will guarantee more educational and religious freedom than the current system does. |
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| ISSN: | 0141-6200 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: British journal of religious education
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/01416200.2015.1113934 |