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ERIC Number: EJ821537
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Mar
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0141-6200
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Whose Confession? Which Tradition?
Thompson, Penny
British Journal of Religious Education, v26 n1 p61-72 Mar 2004
For over 30 years official disapproval of confessional approaches to religious education in community (formerly county) schools has been the norm. However such forms of religious education persist. Some arguments put forward in favour of non- confessional religious education are now shown to be weak. Confessional religious education is now thought (generally) to be appropriate in church schools. These facts raise the possibility of a return to confessional religious education in non-church schools. Non-confessionalism is founded on a contradiction: that education can proceed without "confessing" anything and is therefore inherently unstable. In fact many different types of "confessions" operate in religious education. Yet pressure continues to be put on Christian teachers to dismantle their confessional approach. This is unfair and an attempt is made to show that such teachers have much to offer the future of religious education in a society which contains many religions. (Contains 4 notes.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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