Children of the ‘Now’
Dispelling Some Neoliberal Assumptions in Christian Religious Education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21379900 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brendan Hyde (0000-0003-3633-5366, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 118 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 105-108 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-15 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religious Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-4087 • E-ISSN: 1547-3201 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00344087.2023.2198407 |
| OpenAlex | W4362733535 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
That childhood is important in and of itself is a key ideal that should shape religious education and childhood religious formation more broadly. However, the neoliberal values of western society have influenced religious education, such that we tend to focus on who the child is becoming in terms of a future potential, instead of who the child is now. This essay questions this practice, calling on religious educators to honor children’s being and their ontological spirituality
Curriculum · Early childhood education · Epistemology · Honor · Pedagogy · Phenomenology (philosophy) · Relation (database) · Religious education · Religious experience · Sociology · Spiritual development · Spiritual formation · Spirituality · Gender Studies · Medicine · Philosophy · Religious Education and Schools · Religious studies · Theological Perspectives and Practices · Values and Moral Education
| Highly cited | No |
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