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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| 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? |
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| 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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