Learning about What? Non-Confessional Religious Education after the Dissolution of the Binary Categories ‘Religion’ and ‘Secular’
The binary division between ‘religion’ and ‘secular’ as an analytical tool has long been criticised within the research field of ‘critical religion’ in religious studies. There has also been a parallel critique in the academic discussion about post-secularity. Recently, sociologists have picked up a...
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| description | The binary division between ‘religion’ and ‘secular’ as an analytical tool has long been criticised within the research field of ‘critical religion’ in religious studies. There has also been a parallel critique in the academic discussion about post-secularity. Recently, sociologists have picked up and deepened this criticism, as expressed in Mitsutoshi Horii’s book ‘<i>Religion</i>’ <i>and</i> ‘<i>Secular</i>’ <i>Categories in Sociology: Decolonizing the Modern Myth</i> (2021). Based on a critical processing of Horii’s application to sociology, the aim of this article is to discuss the challenges for non-confessional religious education (RE) that the ongoing dismantling of this binary division entails. In particular, it looks at how a non-confessional RE could be designed that transcends the binary division and how powerful knowledge could be understood in a non-binary context. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-00296260fb854399b78d59daae470b312023-11-19T18:08:12ZengMDPI AGSocial Sciences2076-07602023-10-01121057310.3390/socsci12100573Learning about What? Non-Confessional Religious Education after the Dissolution of the Binary Categories ‘Religion’ and ‘Secular’Peder Thalén0The Department of Humanities, University of Gävle, 801 76 Gävle, SwedenThe binary division between ‘religion’ and ‘secular’ as an analytical tool has long been criticised within the research field of ‘critical religion’ in religious studies. There has also been a parallel critique in the academic discussion about post-secularity. Recently, sociologists have picked up and deepened this criticism, as expressed in Mitsutoshi Horii’s book ‘<i>Religion</i>’ <i>and</i> ‘<i>Secular</i>’ <i>Categories in Sociology: Decolonizing the Modern Myth</i> (2021). Based on a critical processing of Horii’s application to sociology, the aim of this article is to discuss the challenges for non-confessional religious education (RE) that the ongoing dismantling of this binary division entails. In particular, it looks at how a non-confessional RE could be designed that transcends the binary division and how powerful knowledge could be understood in a non-binary context.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/12/10/573powerful knowledgecritical religionnon-confessional religious education |
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