RT Article
T1 Christianity in Turkish religious education
JF Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
VO 10
IS 3
SP 279
OP 294
A1 Kaymakcan, Recep 1966-
LA English
PB Routledge
YR 1999
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1643972359
AB This article aims to examine the presentation of Christianity in terms of selected Turkish textbooks. Particular attention is given to three issues: Jesus, the role of Paul in the development of Christianity, and the Scriptures. These topics are frequently dealt with and emphasized by the textbooks. Other themes related to Christianity are also mentioned, as well as its visual presentation. Before this examination, in order to provide a background for the presentation of Christianity in the textbooks, the history of religious education and the teaching of non‐Islamic religions in schools are briefly investigated. The examination notes the explicit influence of the confessional approach in Turkish religious education. Consistent with this attitude, non‐Islamic religions are generally externalized as religions. Thus, Christianity has been treated in terms of an Islamic understanding of religion, and the dominant influence of the Qur'dn and the traditional Islamic viewpoint aboutahl al‐kitab (People of the Book) has been observed.
K1 Christentum
K1 Religiöse Erziehung
K1 Türkei : Christentum : Religiöse Erziehung
K1 Türkei
DO 10.1080/09596419908721187