Between belief and disbelief, between religion and secularity: introducing non-doxasticism and semi-secularity in worldview education

In order to include all outlooks and perspectives on the world prevalent in contemporary society, countries like Sweden have replaced traditional religious education with worldview education. However, current worldview theory fails to make justice to two important facts concerning the contemporary r...

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Authors: Jonbäck, Francis 1984- (Author) ; Palmqvist, Carl-Johan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2024
In: British Journal of religious education
Year: 2024, Volume: 46, Issue: 2, Pages: 109–121
Further subjects:B worldview education
B non-doxasticism, Sweden
B semi-secularity
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Summary:In order to include all outlooks and perspectives on the world prevalent in contemporary society, countries like Sweden have replaced traditional religious education with worldview education. However, current worldview theory fails to make justice to two important facts concerning the contemporary religious landscape. Firstly, a great many people are semi-secular rather than traditional believers or atheists. Secondly, many have non-doxastic attitudes such as hope or acceptance instead of belief. We therefore suggest that worldview education needs to include semi-secularity, and that it needs to clearly separate the content of a worldview from the variety of epistemic attitudes a person might have towards that content.
ISSN:1740-7931
Contains:Enthalten in: British Journal of religious education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/01416200.2023.2286184