Religious Literacy as Religion Literacy: A Response from the UK
This response builds on Wolfart’s observations on the theological underpinnings of the “religious literacy” paradigm in a North American context by reflecting on the situation in the United Kingdom. Here, it is even more apparent that institutional factors are a bigger driver than methodological fac...
| Published in: | Method & theory in the study of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 34, Issue: 5, Pages: 475-483 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Great Britain
/ Knowledge
/ Religion
/ Religious pedagogy
/ Religious studies
/ Religious education
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AH Religious education |
| Further subjects: | B
Commentary
B TRS B Religious Education B United Kingdom B Interfaith B Religious Literacy |
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| Summary: | This response builds on Wolfart’s observations on the theological underpinnings of the “religious literacy” paradigm in a North American context by reflecting on the situation in the United Kingdom. Here, it is even more apparent that institutional factors are a bigger driver than methodological factors, driven by the neo-liberalisation of the universities and the entrenched institutional dominance of confessional approaches to the study of religion. Yet it also provides a way for social-scientific scholars of religion to explain the instrumental value of the subject to policymakers and funding bodies. I conclude by sketching an approach to religious literacy more in keeping with post-phenomenological Religious Studies. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0682 |
| Reference: | Kommentar zu "‘Religious Literacy’: Some Considerations and Reservations (2022)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Method & theory in the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700682-bja10084 |