Meaning-making in religious education: a critical discourse analysis of RE departments' web pages

This paper explores what some have described as a 'crisis in meaning' in religious education (RE). One region, Northern Ireland, is chosen as a focus for exploring the question of meaning-making as it provides an example of 'agreed ambiguity' - where a common syllabus for RE is b...

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Main Author: Nelson, James (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] [2019]
In: British Journal of religious education
Year: 2019, Volume: 41, Issue: 1, Pages: 90-104
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Northern Ireland / Catholic school / Protestant school / Religious instruction / Discourse analysis
IxTheo Classification:CH Christianity and Society
KBF British Isles
KDB Roman Catholic Church
KDD Protestant Church
RF Christian education; catechetics
Further subjects:B critical education
B Religious Education
B Critical Discourse Analysis
B Northern Ireland
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