Spatial dimensions of Christianity and education in Western European history, with legacies for the present

Bibliographic Data

ID11894739
AuthorsColin Brock (University of Oxford, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume46
Issue3
Pages289-306
Publication date2010-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueComparative Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-0068 • E-ISSN: 1360-0486
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03050068.2010.503740
OpenAlexW2064984302
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited18

This article attempts to illustrate the significance of the geographical dimension of certain connections between Christianity and education in Europe. It does so by initially introducing the nature of the three components of the triangle with special reference to theory. Taking the fundamental geographical issue of scale, the discussion proceeds from continental through regional to national and local examples. The purpose is to illustrate the significance of regulated space in the relationship between Church and state in nation formation, and different ways in which initiative and control in education have impacted on the nature of emergent systems in terms of the legacy of geographical inertia. The examples are necessarily selective and partial, and are intended to illustrate aspects of the formative relationship between geography, Christianity and education rather than any kind of chronological story

Archaeology · Cartography · Christianity · Dimension (graph theory · Epistemology · Formative assessment · Geography · Scale (ratio · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Mathematics · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious Education and Schools · Religious Tourism and Spaces