Drawing a line between the religious and the secular: the cases of religious education in Sweden and India

Religion as a school subject - Religious Education (RE) - is handled differently in various national contexts. This article discusses two different systems of managing (or avoiding) RE: those used in non-denominational Swedish and Indian schools. The article focuses particularly on what is allowed i...

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Main Author: Niemi, Kristian (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2018
In: Journal of beliefs and values
Year: 2018, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 182-194
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Swedes / India / Secularism / Religious instruction / Religion / Understanding / Religious practice
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AG Religious life; material religion
KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Comparative Studies
B Religious Education
B didactics of religion
B Secularism
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