Secular Reasons for Confessional Religious Education in Public Schools
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9685184 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Winfried Löffler (0009-0003-1319-5601, Muscular Dystrophy Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 149 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 119-134 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Daedalus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-5266 • E-ISSN: 1548-6192 |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/daed_a_01807 |
| OpenAlex | W3039820343 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
The cultural importance of religion and its ambiguous potential effects on the stability of liberal democracy and the rule of law recommend including information about religions in public school curricula. In certain contexts, there are even good secular reasons to have this done by teachers approved by the religious communities for their respective groups of pupils, as is being practiced in various European states (with a possibility of opting out, with ethics as a substitute subject in some schools). Is this practice compatible with the religious neutrality of states? An illustrative analysis shows how suitable criteria for the admission of religious groups to offering religious education can block the objection of undue preference. Like any solution in this field, it is not immune to theoretical and practical problems
Confessional · Curriculum · Democracy · Neutrality · Political science · Preference · Religious education · Secular education · Secular state · Secularism · Sociology · Toleration · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Education and Schools
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |