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Tiêu đề

A more neutral liberal education: Why not only liberals, but religious conservatives should endorse comparative religious education in public schools

Tác giả

Lester E.

Năm xuất bản

2007

Source title

Polity

Số trích dẫn

DOI

10.1057/palgrave.polity.2300053

Liên kết

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-34247193596&doi=10.1057%2fpalgrave.polity.2300053&partnerID=40&md5=0a08f8fb6f9c8de65d6f50fd3af97f57

Tóm tắt

If we value religious tolerance and autonomy, we must breach the silence about religion in public schools, and add a comparative religious education to the compulsory curriculum at the high school level. This education would expose students to a variety of religious beliefs in a fair manner by allowing religious denominations themselves to participate in deciding how their beliefs are presented to students. The major obstacle to the implementation of such an education is the objection of religious conservatives and fundamentalists that it would violate neutrality. Not only is a comparative religious education able to survive the criticisms that religious conservatives routinely make against a liberal education, but the inclusion of such an education is the only way to make a liberal education truly neutral. This education would provide the recognition of the importance of religion in general and of conservative religions in particular that religious conservatives complain is lacking from the status quo compulsory curriculum in public schools. © 2007 Northeastern Political Science Association.

Từ khóa

Autonomy; Education; Neutrality; Religion

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