Balancing the Communitarian, Civic, and Liberal Aims of Religious Education
Islamic Reflections
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3429641 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Najwan Saada (0000-0001-5677-0539, Al-Qasemi Academic College of Education, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 1198 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel13121198 |
| OpenAlex | W4311857890 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 45 |
Balancing the communitarian, civic, and liberal aims of faith-based education presents a significant challenge to most religious education teachers. The communitarian approach to religious education is the most common, as it socializes children to become members of a given faith community. It recognizes students' rights to collective identity and belonging. The civic approach to religious education asks, "what is the preferred meaning of respect in a religiously pluralist society, and how can it be promoted in the context of a deep belief in the primacy of one religion?" This approach also concerns itself with managing religious identities in a multifaith and democratic society. Liberal religious education involves asking the question, "how can one's own religious doctrine be taught so as to allow the widest possible scope for critical reflection within [and about] a faith tradition?". The current review essay addresses these questions by exploring the meanings, significance, and limitations of each approach and their possible implications for Islamic education in Israeli-Arab and Muslim-majority schools
Aesthetics · Democracy · Doctrine · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Faith · Islam · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Religious education · Religious identity · Social science · Sociology · Theology · Toleration · Education and Islamic Studies · Jewish Identity and Society · Law · Philosophy · Religious Education and Schools
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‘Religious schools, civic education, and public policy
The Islamic Roots of Democratic Pluralism
Liberal Pluralism
The meanings and possible implications of critical Islamic religious education
Rationality and autonomy from the Enlightenment and Islamic perspectives
Islamic education
Reclaiming Goodness
Islam, Religions, and Pluralism in Europe
The New Social Theory Reader
Citizenship and Moral Education
Islam in Israel
Faith–Based Schools
Deliberating Controversial Public Issues As Part of Civic Education
The communitarian challenge to liberal social and educational theory
The meanings, risk factors and consequences of religious extremism
The relation of formal education to ethnic prejudice
Enriched Islam
Energizing Learning
Agreed Syllabi and Un-Agreed Values
What Is Liberal Islam? The Sources of Enlightened Muslim Thought
Diversity, Group Identity, and Citizenship Education in a Global Age
Islamic education and the challenge of democratic citizenship
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |