Characteristics of Religious Knowledge among Australian Students

Autor/in	Hughes, Philip
Titel	Characteristics of Religious Knowledge among Australian Students
Quelle	In: International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 12 (2007) 2, S.137-147 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1364-436X
Schlagwörter	Opinions; Religious Education; Beliefs; Values Clarification; Student Attitudes; Spiritual Development; Foreign Countries; World Views; Role of Religion; Program Attitudes; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrmeinung; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Belief; Glaube; Wertbewusstsein; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; World view; Weltanschauung; Australien
Abstract	Drawing on the Spirit of Generation Y project and extensions of that project undertaken in 25 Australian schools by the Christian Research Association, it is argued that the approach to religious knowledge by Australian students can be contrasted with their approach to other forms of knowledge by four features. These are diversity of opinion in the arena of religious knowledge, a lack of clarity in opinion, the affirmation that one can pick and choose one's beliefs drawing from a range of sources of religious knowledge and that each person is considered to have the right and responsibility to form their own beliefs. The fact that most Australian students assume that religious knowledge has these characteristics means that this area cannot be taught in similar ways to other areas of knowledge. (Contains 1 table, 1 figure, and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10