ERIC Number: EJ1429560
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-4087
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Neocolonialism, Anti-Coloniality and Religious Education: New Lessons from Africa South of the Sahara (ASoS)
Religious Education, v119 n3 p210-226 2024
This paper initiates a novel discourse advocating for the anti-colonization of religious education (RE) in Africa South of the Sahara (ASoS). It illustrates how anti-colonial critiques can not only offer more precise theoretical perspectives but also generate a practical imperative for a paradigm shift in a school subject "still" influenced by what I have labeled as the neocoloniality of power. In some countries, attempts to decolonize RE through multi-faithism are being forsaken, reverting the subject to the Christonormativity of the colonial era. The paper contends that the process of reconceptualizing RE with an anti-colonial mindset should inspire innovative ideas for an anti-colonized RE aligned with the educational goals in an African postcolonial environment.
Descriptors: Religious Education, Colonialism, Power Structure, African Culture, Political Attitudes, Disadvantaged, Cognitive Structures, Postcolonialism, Decolonization, Curriculum Development, Resistance (Psychology), Democracy, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Religious Cultural Groups, Religious Factors, Indigenous Knowledge
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Africa
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