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Jackson, Robert (2016) The politicisation and securitisation of Religious Education? A rejoinder. British Journal of Educational Studies, 63 (3). pp. 345-366. doi:10.1080/00071005.2015.1069257
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00071005.2015.1069257
Abstract
I consider Liam Gearon’s critique of what he calls the politicisation and
securitisation of religious education, focusing on his criticisms of a European research project, the REDCo project (Religion in Education: a Contribution to Dialogue or a Factor of Conflict in Transforming Societies of European Countries?) funded by the European
Commission Framework 6 Programme, and a European policy discussion document, the Toledo Guiding Principles on Teaching about Religions in Public Schools, published by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organisation for Security and
Co-operation in Europe. I criticise Gearon’s representation of both projects, offering alternative accounts, and relating my comments to Gearon’s essentialist view of religious education. I give a critique of Gearon’s view that initiation into ‘the religious life’ is the only
legitimate form of religious education. I conclude that, although educators should always be wary of being manipulated by politicians and others, support for research and/or development concerning studies of religions (or of religions and non-religious worldviews) is
a legitimate concern for bodies such as the European Commission, and the OSCE/ODIHR, provided that participants are enabled to work freely and openly in the pursuit of scholarly enquiry and liberal educational goals.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Religious education -- Cross-cultural studies | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Educational Studies | ||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0007-1005 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 4 September 2016 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 63 | ||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||
| Number of Pages: | 22 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 345-366 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/00071005.2015.1069257 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
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