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Ipgrave, Julia (2012) Conversations between the religious and secular in English schools. Religious Education, Vol.107 (No.1). pp. 30-48. doi:10.1080/00344087.2012.641454 ISSN 1547-3201.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00344087.2012.641454
Abstract
This article begins with an acknowledgement of the complexities of religion's position in the English school system that open it to diverse interpretations. It uses research in a variety of schools to illustrate three different approaches to religion, doxological, sacramental and instrumental, founded respectively on certain faith in God, on openness to the possibility of God, and on a default scepticism. The contested nature of religion's place in schooling is acknowledged and, in response, both secular and religious reasons are given for hearing religious voices in the educational sphere. The argument is made that an equitable religious-and-secular settlement is dependent on "religiously-understood" religion being allowed into the conversation. The relationship between penultimate and ultimate is used to analyse each of the three approaches for their engagement with "religiously-understood" religion and their contributions to religious and secular understanding.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion L Education > LC Special aspects of education |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education ( -2013) | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Religious education of children -- Great Britain, Church and education | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Religious Education | ||||
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Inc. | ||||
ISSN: | 1547-3201 | ||||
Official Date: | 13 June 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.107 | ||||
Number: | No.1 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 30-48 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/00344087.2012.641454 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 1 August 2016 |
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