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Wareham, Ruth J. – Journal of Religious Education, 2023
England and Wales are now amongst the least religious countries in the world. According to Census data between 2011 and 2021, the number of people identifying as having 'No Religion' jumped by over 8 million, from 25% to 37%. Further, although there was a small upward shift in those identifying with minority religions, during the same period, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religion, Religious Factors, Role of Religion
Boys, Mary C. – Journal of Religious Education, 2022
This article approaches questions regarding religious pluralism from the perspective of a religious educator. It argues for the importance of educating both in the particularity of one's home tradition and for a religiously pluralistic world: It concludes with some recommendations for educating Christians in such a way that the religious…
Descriptors: Religion, Religious Factors, Christianity, Familiarity
Francis, Leslie J.; Erken, Humeyra Guleryuz; Village, Andrew – Journal of Religious Education, 2022
This study developed and tested a Turkish translation of the 23-item Sahin-Francis Scale of Attitude toward Islam (containing six negatively-voiced items) on data provided by 493 participants (191 school students and 302 undergraduate students). Two research questions were tested on these data. First, exploratory factor analyses suggested that…
Descriptors: Religion, Muslims, Islam, Student Attitudes
Richardson, Norman – Journal of Religious Education, 2022
To what extent do teachers' sense of their religious, cultural and national identity impact on their attitudes and approaches to the teaching of religion in publicly funded schools in Northern Ireland? In a context where schooling remains largely separate according to perceived religious identity, can religious education contribute positively to…
Descriptors: Religion, Religious Factors, Cultural Influences, Nationalism
Ubani, Martin – Journal of Religious Education, 2018
The purpose of this article is to describe with examples what kind of challenges there are in the handling of religion in public school. This is done with case examples from interactions between teachers and Somali Muslim pupils and guardians in a school. The school is located in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area and has 350 pupils in grades 1-6. The…
Descriptors: Public Education, Religion, Religious Factors, Muslims
Sakaranaho, Tuula – Journal of Religious Education, 2018
Recent decades have witnessed a change in European governments' policies from benign neglect to active management of religious diversity, where Islam is often seen as the most challenging religion for the European social order. However, the ways in which this 'management' is justified and undertaken varies from country to country and depends on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Islam, Muslims, Public Education