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ERIC Number: EJ1156474
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-4985
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The Religious-Secular Interface and Representations of Islam in Phenomenological Religious Education
Thobani, Shiraz
Oxford Review of Education, v43 n5 p612-625 2017
Alongside community-based education, a principal agency which has contributed to defining multi-faith identities in England and Wales over the past five decades has been the subject of religious education in state maintained schools. Over this period, formulations of the social category of "Muslims" and the curricular concept of "Islam" in religious education have been significantly influenced by the application of the phenomenology of religion, a methodology derived from religious studies that has come under question for its decontextualised readings of religion. Drawing upon critiques of this approach, this article seeks to examine representations of Islam and Muslims in religious education based on the phenomenological model, with particular reference to the interface between the religious and the secular. Looking ahead, the article considers proposals on intercultural education which aim at preparing the young for a contributive role in society.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England); United Kingdom (Wales)
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