Religious Diversity in Public Education

Safe Spaces ◽  
2012 ◽  
pp. 109-128
Author(s):  
Kyriaki Topidi
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Religious Diversity

scholarly journals Religious Diversity, Education, and the “Crisis” in State Neutrality

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (01) ◽  
pp. 103-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin L. Berger
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Religious Diversity ◽  
Diversity Education ◽  
Supreme Court Of Canada ◽  
Religious Difference ◽  
State Neutrality ◽  
Politics And Religion ◽  
Religion And Law ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Education—and particularly public education—has become a crucible for the relationship between state and religious diversity, a principal site for contemporary debates about the meaning of secularism and the management of religious difference. This is so across a variety of national traditions, and despite wide differences in the historical and “emotional inheritances” surrounding the configuration of law, politics, and religion. Through an exploration of Hannah Arendt’s thought about responsibility and freedom in education, this article works towards a better understanding of why education is such a crucial and fraught field in the modern encounter between religion and law. The article turns to the recent jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Canada to draw out the implications of these ideas, arriving ultimately at a claim about the nature and limits of the concept of state neutrality.

scholarly journals Learning to live together: Religious education and religious symbols in Flanders and Québec

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 290-304
Author(s):  
Leni Franken
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Religious Diversity ◽  
Religious Symbols ◽  
Living Together ◽  
Western Nations

Like most Western nations and regions, Flanders and Québec are characterized by increasing religious diversity and secularization. Accordingly, ‘learning to live together’ is a main objective in their public education programmes. In spite of this similarity, both regions seem to interpret the concept of ‘living together’ in a different way and especially when it comes to wearing religious symbols and organizing religious education in governmental schools, there is a huge difference between the Flemish and Québec policy. In this article, we will have a closer look at both policies and try to find out which one is to be preferred in their present educational contexts.

An Academic Contribution to the Debate on Public Education Reforms

1989 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 661-662
Author(s):  
Deborah Stipek
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Education Reforms
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