Religious Worldviews and the Common School
The French Dilemma
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11953374 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin Williams (0000-0001-5209-1395, Dublin City University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 675-692 |
| Publication date | 2007-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Philosophy of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-8249 • E-ISSN: 1467-9752 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9752.2007.00581.x |
| OpenAlex | W1984926789 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 7 |
This article explores, in the French context, an aspect of what Terence McLaughlin (1991) has described in an unpublished paper as the ‘dilemma of substantiality’ faced by any school system endeavouring to promote neutrality. In France, in order that the public or common school be genuinely open to all students, not only is the wearing of conspicuous religious symbols forbidden but so too is any direct teaching of religion. The cultural consequences resulting from this prohibition have led to the mandating of cross-curricular teaching about religion. This article aims to show that the civic principles (la laïcité) on which this teaching is based pose in an acute and problematic form the ‘dilemma of substantiality’
Context (archaeology · Dilemma · Epistemology · Neutrality · Order (exchange · Pedagogy · Sociology · History · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious Education and Schools
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,53 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2023 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |