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Religious Education and Socialization
Vermeer, Paul
Religious Education, v105 n1 p103-116 Jan 2010
This article considers Religious Education (RE) from the perspective of socialization theory. After clarifying the concept of socialization, an understanding of socialization processes, requiring the simultaneous development of both a personal and a social identity, is linked with RE. The development of both a personal and a social identity calls for hermeneutic and critical reflective skills, which may be acquired in RE classes. Therefore, RE is an important means of socializing children and youths that may have great civic value and has a rightful place in the school curriculum. The article concludes with the argument that schools with an open religious identity are best suited to provide the type of RE advocated here.
Descriptors: Socialization, Religious Education, Self Concept, Critical Thinking, Skill Development, Hermeneutics, Religious Cultural Groups
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