Structural ignorance of Christian privilege

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12214993
AutoresLinda Markowitz (0000-0002-5222-9259, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice Studies, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL, USA, autor de correspondencia), Laurel Puchner (Department of Educational Leadership, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL, USA)
Año2018
Volumen31
Número10
Páginas877-894
Fecha de publicación2018-09-20
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0951-8398 • E-ISSN: 1366-5898
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09518398.2018.1506180
OpenAlexW2889603834
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas33

Despite claims of a so-called war on Christmas, Christmas in the United States is still celebrated widely in public spaces. The question is why some people ignore, what some scholars call, their Christian privilege? In this paper, we explore the ignoring of Christian privilege in one public space: USA elementary schools. Using 27 interviews, we show that most of the teachers/administrators adopted what we are calling Christian ignorance –– a structural ignorance rooted in normative cognitive schemas that creates and maintains Christian privilege

Epistemology · Ignorance · Linguistics · Normative · Political science · Privilege (computing · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious Education and Schools