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Clayton, Matthew and Stevens, David M. (2018) What is the point of religious education? Theory and Research in Education, 16 (1). pp. 65-81.
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Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BV Practical Theology | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Religious education., Religious education -- Great Britain., Citizenship -- Study and teaching., Moral education., Liberalism. | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Theory and Research in Education | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1477-8785 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 1 March 2018 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 16 | ||||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 65-81 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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