Jesus in Schools: The Education (Religious Instruction) Act 1950
The 1872 Education Act stated that education in the state of Victoria would be ‘free, compulsory and secular’. In the years following World War II there was a broadly endorsed imperative to maintain British cultural identity as an essential component of the national character of Australia as a Commo...
| Published in: | Journal for the academic study of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
2022
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| In: |
Journal for the academic study of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Council for Christian Education in Schools
/ Jesus Christus
/ State (State)
/ Protestant religious instruction
/ Value education
/ Public school
/ History 1950-1960
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CH Christianity and Society KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBS Australia; Oceania KDJ Ecumenism NBF Christology RF Christian education; catechetics |
| Further subjects: | B
Jesus
B Education B Religious B state schools B Protestant |
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| Summary: | The 1872 Education Act stated that education in the state of Victoria would be ‘free, compulsory and secular’. In the years following World War II there was a broadly endorsed imperative to maintain British cultural identity as an essential component of the national character of Australia as a Commonwealth nation. Associated Protestant moral values were believed to be a crucial underpinning of good citizenship and democracy. In 1946 the Council for Christian Education in Schools (CCES) published an Agreed Syllabus for religious instruction in government state schools. In 1950 compulsory religious instruction was introduced into these schools. The representation in associated teaching material reflected a particular understanding of Jesus. A close contextualised reading of CCES curriculum documents from the 1950s reveals distinctive ways in which a ‘British’ Jesus was represented in Victorian classrooms and the extent to which this representation aligned with the interests of the state. |
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| ISSN: | 2047-7058 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the academic study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/jasr.22394 |