Culture, religion and curriculum
Lessons from the ‘three books’ controversy in Surrey, BC
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8422695 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Collins (0000-0002-7981-3586, University of Auckland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 342-357 |
| Publication date | 2006-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-3658 • E-ISSN: 1541-0064 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2006.00145.x |
| OpenAlex | W1971600466 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 15 |
This article considers the spatial, cultural, and legal dimensions of the controversy surrounding the Surrey School Board's religiously motivated refusal to approve three books portraying families with same‐sex parents. It examines the issue in terms of debates over the public/private distinction, and the notion of a ‘culture war’ between progressive and orthodox stakeholders. The polarized opinions advanced in such debates not only invoke and rely upon particular understandings of space, they also have ramifications for the organization of the public sphere, and services such as public education in particular. This article focuses on the three decisions handed down in the Surrey case, culminating in the Supreme Court of Canada's ruling that religious concerns have a place in public decision making, but not to the exclusion of other considerations. This decision signals that the religious opinions of some parents may shape the public school curriculum, and thus the instruction of all pupils. In this respect, it poses a serious challenge to liberal visions of secular public education, and to a secular public sphere more generally
Curriculum · Political science · Politics · Public education · Public sphere · Religious education · Secular education · Secularity · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Supreme court · Vision · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Public Administration · Religious Education and Schools · Religious Freedom and Discrimination
Secular iconoclasm
Governing emotions
Definition and characteristic features of a ‘cultural flashpoint’
Approaching “sensitive” topics
Geographies of education and the significance of children, youth and families
Legal Geographies—Legal Sense and Geographical Context
Parents’ Attitudes About School-Based Sex Education in Croatia
More-than-safety
Culture wars in South Australia
Relocating queer
Faith in the system?’ State‐funded faith schools in England and the contested parameters of community cohesion
Social Geographies of Education
Straightening' space and time? Peripheral moral panics in print media representations of Canadian LGBTQ2S suburbanites, 1985-2005
Public and Private in Social Life
The Limits of Belief
Fundamental Rites? Religion, State, Education and the Invention of Sacred Heritage in post-Christian Britain and pre-War Japan
Flowers in the bathtub
Canada and the political geographies of rights
I. Liberalism and the Art of Separation
Fundamentalism
Law and Religion
| Citations per year | 0.68 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2023 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |