Religious discrimination discourse in the mono-cultural school: the case of Poland
The article forms an analysis of the religious discrimination discourse in Polish public schools, with special attention paid to the culturally specific, Polish understanding of the notion of religious discrimination. The introductory part presents the concept of religious discrimination as present...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2018]
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| In: |
British Journal of religious education
Year: 2018, Volume: 40, Issue: 2, Pages: 182-193 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Poles
/ School education
/ Religious instruction
/ Discrimination
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBK Europe (East) RF Christian education; catechetics ZF Education |
| Further subjects: | B
religious discrimination in schools
B religious education in Poland B Religious Discrimination |
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| Summary: | The article forms an analysis of the religious discrimination discourse in Polish public schools, with special attention paid to the culturally specific, Polish understanding of the notion of religious discrimination. The introductory part presents the concept of religious discrimination as present in anti-discriminatory policies. The following part outlines the Polish system of religious education and its relation to the religious discrimination. Studies on religious discrimination in Poland are presented and discussed. Important context is supplied by a presentation of two recent cases of religious discrimination in Polish public schools, and the actions undertaken by the Freedom from Religion Foundation. Authors of the article point out the important influence of cultural context on the perception of religious discrimination. The attention is drawn to the seemingly homogenous environment of the Polish school and of the discriminative discourse used in political and social debates. The analysis shows that the presence of religion as a subject in Polish schools remains a cause of conflict between the religious and atheist citizens, a conflict in which concepts of religious discrimination and religious freedom are used as arguments by both sides. |
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| ISSN: | 1740-7931 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: British Journal of religious education
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/01416200.2016.1209457 |