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Barnes, L. Philip – International Journal of Christianity & Education, 2021
The aim of this article is to interact with Anita Gracie and Andrew W Brown's recent account of the historical development and nature of Controlled schools and of religious education in Northern Ireland in this journal. A complementary perspective is used to illustrate how the relationship between the Protestant churches and Controlled schools has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Religious Education, Protestants
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Barnes, L. Philip – British Journal of Religious Education, 2022
The aim of this article is to interact critically with Matthew Clayton and David Stevens's recent critique of non-confessional religious education, constituted as a separate, compulsory subject in the school curriculum. Three different critical arguments are considered: the contention that religious education is an unsuitable vehicle for fostering…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Prosocial Behavior, Public Policy, Criticism