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ERIC Number: EJ892855
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Jul
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-4087
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Gendered Subjective Theologies: Dutch Teenage Girls and Boys on the Role of Religion in Their Life
ter Avest, Ina; Jozsa, Dan-Paul; Knauth, Thorsten
Religious Education, v105 n4 p374-394 Jul 2010
In this article about the Dutch contribution to the REDCo sub-project on the role of gender, related to religion in/and school, the authors present the characteristics in the answers girls and boys, respectively gave to their questionnaires. Qualitative as well as quantitative methods were used in this research project. The research findings show that girls and boys in general position themselves in a similar way to religion. However, in girls' subjective theologies the authors see, more than in boys' theologies, an openness to the other religion. Girls more than boys tend to be more in favor of religion as a school subject, they want to know more about and from other religions, and are more positive about the possibilities to live peacefully together with people of different religions in the society. In this research population the authors find that boys are clearer in demarcating the boundaries of their subjective theologies. Societal gendered practices apparently mirror actual ideas on femininity and masculinity in different Western societies and apparently shape teenagers' subjective theologies. The authors present a possible pedagogical strategy for classroom conversations, accounting for (gendered) diversity in subjective theologies. (Contains 14 footnotes.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
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