Meeting the majority religion. Majority church field trips and educational equality in Norwegian RE

Bibliographic Data

ID21445244
AuthorsGunnfrid Ljones Øierud (University of South-Eastern Norway, corresponding author), Espen Schjetne (Østfold University of Applied Sciences)
Year2025
Volume47
Issue4
Pages517-533
Publication date2025-10-02
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Religious Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-6200 • E-ISSN: 1740-7931
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01416200.2025.2452223
OpenAlexW4406392718
LanguageEN
References cited18

Field trips to faith communities are generally seen as a valuable way of learning about different religions. This article reports on a qualitative study exploring the practice of primary school field trips to the Church of Norway; the majority church that historically has had a religiously dominant role in Norwegian society. Utilising perspectives on place and space, the article investigates the encounters and learning opportunities the field trips provide space for. The article identifies how the churches studied become five different places during the field trips. It also identifies structures privileging field trips to the Church of Norway. In dialogue with findings from research on minority religion field trips, the article claims that the Christian majority religion, on the one hand, comes forth as a living tradition to a more limited extent, but on the other as more historically rooted and socially integrated. The article then discusses the implications of the findings for educational equality

Field (mathematics) · Linguistics · Norwegian · Political science · Sociology · TRIPS architecture · Engineering · Gender Studies · Mathematics · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious Education and Schools

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