Discourses of religion and secularism in religious education classrooms. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Karin Kittelmann Flensner.
• Other Names: Kittelmann Flensner, Karin
• Contents: Foreword; Disposition; Contents; Chapter 1: Framing of the Issue; Chapter 2: The Religious Landscape; 2.1 Secularity and Pluralism; 2.2 Youths, Secularisation, Pluralism and Individualism; 2.3 Family, Friends and Media -- Influences on Young People's Religious Beliefs; 2.4 Tolerance; 2.5 A Distant Relationship -- Swedish Youth and Religion; Chapter 3: Religious Education as a School Subject; 3.1 The Development of School Subjects; 3.2 The Curricula and Perspectives of Knowledge; 3.3 Different Models of Religious Education; 3.4 The Development of Religious Education in Sweden. Religious Education and the Emerging Democracy The "Objectivity Requirement"; Fundamental Values; Religions and Worldviews; Summary of the History of Religious Education in Sweden; The Development of Upper-Secondary Schools; Religious Education in Comprehensive School and Upper-ƯSecondary School; The Syllabi for Religious Education in 1994 and 2011 -- A Comparison; Chapter 4: Classroom Research Concerning Religious Education; 4.1 Empirical Classroom Studies of Religious Education; Learning; Dialogue; Meaning; Identity. Implications of Confessional/Non-confessional Models of Religious Education4.2 The Religious Landscape and Classroom Research in Relation to This Study; Chapter 5: Methodological and Theoretical Approaches; 5.1 Ethnography; Ethnography in School Settings; 5.2 Empirical Data; 5.3 Discourse Analysis; Chapter 6: "I'm Neutral!" -- A Secularist Discourse; 6.1 Prime Time of History; 6.2 Diversity of Views; 6.3 A Neutral Position; Non-religious Views Seen as Neutral; Atheism as Neutrality; Atheism as Normality; 6.4 Criticism of Religion; Critical Thinking; To Criticise. Criticism That Is Not Permitted6.5 Science and Faith; 6.6 Individualism; My Own Choice; Individualism and the Rights of Children; The Highest Authority; 6.7 Modern Myths; 6.8 "Man Is the Measure of All Things"; You Decide; Central Values; 6.9 Religion as a Private Matter; Religion Is Private -- What Is Not Articulated; Freedom from Religion; 6.10 Implications and Concluding Remarks; Chapter 7: "We Are Stardust ..." -- A Spiritual Discourse; 7.1 A Spiritual Dimension; 7.2 A Personal Interpretation of Life; 7.3 What Is a Human Being?; The Human Being as a Seeker of Meaning. The Human Being as Comprising a Soul7.4 Concepts with Religious Roots; Holiness; Sin and Forgiveness; 7.5 Your Time on Earth; 7.6 Implications and Concluding Remarks; Chapter 8: "In Sweden, We Are Christian" -- A Swedishness Discourse; 8.1 Sweden -- A Christian Country; 8.2 Alienation and Threat; 8.3 "We Have Santa Claus" -- Holidays, Religion and Culture; 8.4 "In Sweden We Are Secular, Individualistic and Tolerant"; 8.5 "Like Worshipping Mickey Mouse": The Othering of the Religious; 8.6 Implications and Concluding Remarks; Chapter 9: Concluding Discussion; 9.1 A Brief Summary of the Results.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 268.09485; Religious education -- Sweden; Religious pluralism -- Study and teaching; RELIGION -- Christian Education -- General; Religious education; Social Sciences; Sociology of Religion; Religion and Education; Secularism; Sweden; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319609492; 3319609491
• Related ISBNs: 3319609483; 9783319609485
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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