Retheorizing Critical and Reflective Religious Education in Public Schools
In this essay I propose a framework to include religious education in public schools with a particular focus on learning about religion, and learning from religious and secular perspectives. I discuss through sociohistorical and philosophical analysis the complexity of education for religious litera...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2015
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The international journal of religion and spirituality in society
Year: 2015, Volume: 5, Issue: 4, Pages: 97-108 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religious Education
B Ethical Dialogue B Moral Education |
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| Summary: | In this essay I propose a framework to include religious education in public schools with a particular focus on learning about religion, and learning from religious and secular perspectives. I discuss through sociohistorical and philosophical analysis the complexity of education for religious literacy in public schools and how we might solve the possible dilemmas and debates in this regard. I suggest a compromise between theological and scientific arguments with emphasis on the moral aspects of religious and secular worldviews. Also, I criticize the multicultural approach of teaching about religions in public schools, and I suggest education for reflective pluralism which is based on ethical dialogue and philosophical reasoning. |
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| ISSN: | 2154-8641 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal of religion and spirituality in society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.18848/2154-8633/CGP/v05i04/51127 |
