Just leave it blank' non-religious children and their negotiation of prayer in school
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4373396 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rachael Shillitoe (Philosophy, Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, corresponding author), Anna Strhan (0000-0002-0875-1197, Sociology, University of York, York, UK) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 615-635 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-721X • E-ISSN: 1096-1151 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0048721x.2020.1758230 |
| OpenAlex | W3021543273 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 47 |
This article examines how non-religious children experience acts of collective worship and prayer in primary school settings and analyses how they negotiate religion and their non-religious identities in these events. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork examining non-religious childhoods and collective worship in three English primary schools, the authors explore how non-religious children demonstrate their agency when confronted with particular boundaries and concepts related to religion and non-religion in school contexts. Attending to the experiences, perspectives, and practices of non-religious children adds to our understanding of the varieties of non-religion, which has to date largely focused on elite, adult populations. Focusing on non-religious children’s experiences of prayer reveals how these children did not experience tensions between praying to God and their non-religious identities and articulated their own interpretations of these practices, deepening understanding of the lived realities of non-religious cultures and identities
Agency (philosophy) · Blank · Ethnography · Negotiation · Political science · Prayer · Psychoanalysis · Religious controversies · Religious experience · Religious identity · Social science · Sociology · Worship · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious Education and Schools · Religious studies
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |