Dissenting from heteronormativity: growing sideways in religious education

Tensions across religious and LGBTQ concerns have played out in education for some time. In this paper, I make efforts to respond productively to this context by theorising what it might mean for young people in religious schools to dissent from the heteronormativity of religion in religious educati...

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Main Author: Henry, Seán (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2022
In: Journal of Religious Education
Year: 2022, Volume: 70, Issue: 3, Pages: 299-309
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