What is the point of religious education?

Some liberal societies continue to require their schools to offer non-directive, but specifically religious education as part of the curriculum. This paper challenges that practice. It does so by articulating and defending a moral principle, which asserts that education policy must be regulated by p...

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Main Authors: Clayton, Matthew, Stevens, David
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Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2018
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description Some liberal societies continue to require their schools to offer non-directive, but specifically religious education as part of the curriculum. This paper challenges that practice. It does so by articulating and defending a moral principle, which asserts that education policy must be regulated by principles that are acceptable to reasonable people. Thereafter, we argue that the leading arguments for prioritizing the study of religion in schools—arguments that claim that religion is special or that assert that the majority or parents are morally permitted to prioritise religion in schooling—are incompatible with the acceptability requirement.
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spelling nottingham-465822018-03-26T18:28:32Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46582/ What is the point of religious education? Clayton, Matthew Stevens, David Some liberal societies continue to require their schools to offer non-directive, but specifically religious education as part of the curriculum. This paper challenges that practice. It does so by articulating and defending a moral principle, which asserts that education policy must be regulated by principles that are acceptable to reasonable people. Thereafter, we argue that the leading arguments for prioritizing the study of religion in schools—arguments that claim that religion is special or that assert that the majority or parents are morally permitted to prioritise religion in schooling—are incompatible with the acceptability requirement. SAGE Publications 2018-03-20 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46582/1/s1-ln27747985-518477880-1939656818Hwf-714958883IdV156165074027747985PDF_HI0001.pdf Clayton, Matthew and Stevens, David (2018) What is the point of religious education? Theory and Research in Education, 16 (1). pp. 65-81. ISSN 1741-3192 Religious education pluralism political liberalism Rawls http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1477878518762217 doi:10.1177/1477878518762217 doi:10.1177/1477878518762217
spellingShingle Religious education
pluralism
political liberalism
Rawls
Clayton, Matthew
Stevens, David
What is the point of religious education?
title What is the point of religious education?
title_full What is the point of religious education?
title_fullStr What is the point of religious education?
title_full_unstemmed What is the point of religious education?
title_short What is the point of religious education?
title_sort what is the point of religious education?
topic Religious education
pluralism
political liberalism
Rawls
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