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Francis, Leslie J., Penny, Gemma and McKenna, Ursula (2017) Does RE work and contribute to the common good in England? In: Arweck, E., (ed.) Young People’s Attitudes to Religious Diversity. Ashgate AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Series . Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 153-169. ISBN 9781472444301
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Abstract
This chapter tests the thesis that religious education offered in schools in England is largely irrelevant to the personal and social development of students, and therefore irrelevant to the common good. This thesis, influenced by Jim Conroy’s provocative challenge issued by the title of the Glasgow project, is addressed from the perspective of ethos theory comparing the overall ethos generated by one group of students (in this case those taking RE examination classes) with the overall ethos generated by a second group of students (those not taking RE examination classes). The thesis is examined among two groups of 528 male students attending schools without a religious foundation in England: 279 taking RE examination classes and 249 not taking RE examination classes. The data demonstrate significant and consistent differences between the two groups of students. RE students displayed more positive social attitudes and more pro-social attitudes, including more positive and open attitudes towards living in a religiously diverse, multi-faith and multi-ethnic society. In this way RE examination classes are making a significant contribution to community cohesion, and to the common good.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||
Series Name: | Ashgate AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Series | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
Place of Publication: | Abingdon | ||||||
ISBN: | 9781472444301 | ||||||
Book Title: | Young People’s Attitudes to Religious Diversity | ||||||
Editor: | Arweck, E. | ||||||
Official Date: | 2017 | ||||||
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Page Range: | pp. 153-169 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 31 August 2016 | ||||||
Funder: | Arts & Humanities Research Council (Great Britain) (AHRC) | ||||||
Grant number: | AH/G014035/1 | ||||||
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