Religious identity, social space, and discourses of religious education reform in Scotland and Malawi: a Bourdieusian analysis

This article analyses the complexities of religious identity and stakeholder discourse concerning religious education (RE) reform in Scotland and Malawi. Drawing on Bourdieu’s concept of ‘social space’, it explicates the extent to which religious identity and conflicts over symbolic power in the soc...

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Main Author: Matemba, Yonah H. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2021
In: Journal of Religious Education
Year: 2021, Volume: 69, Issue: 2, Pages: 219-238
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AH Religious education
KBF British Isles
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
RF Christian education; catechetics
Further subjects:B Pierre Bourdieu
B Malawi
B social space
B Religious Identity
B Scotland
B RE reform
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