Den private religion: Fortolkninger af muslimske børns religiøse tilhørsforhold i en dansk folkeskole
While the teaching of religion in the Danish folkeskole is a widely debated issue, there is little knowledge about how parents of Muslim background relate to the role of religion in the children’s daily school life. This article explores the meanings that teachers and parents at a school in the Dani...
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| description | While the teaching of religion in the Danish folkeskole is a widely debated issue, there is little knowledge about how parents of Muslim background relate to the role of religion in the children’s daily school life. This article explores the meanings that teachers and parents at a school in the Danish province attribute to Muslim children’s religious backgrounds. Based on interviews with school leadership, teachers, parents and children, it particularly examines how they interpret the course ‘knowledge of Christianity’ and how they view the division of responsibility for teaching children about religion. It argues that while both parents and teachers understand religious belonging as a private matter that does not concern the school, they have different understandings of what this means and what it should imply for the children’s participation in school activities. The article further argues that the so-called encounter between ‘Muslim practices’ and ‘Danish values’ rather constitutes yet another example of negotiations that have always taken place in modern Danish society between the institutions of family and school. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ef53c08682ae4bed8a1c46d016347ace2022-12-22T03:44:21ZdanForum for IslamforskningTidsskrift for Islamforskning1901-95802017-02-018210.7146/tifo.v8i2.25336Den private religion: Fortolkninger af muslimske børns religiøse tilhørsforhold i en dansk folkeskoleMarianne Holm PedersenWhile the teaching of religion in the Danish folkeskole is a widely debated issue, there is little knowledge about how parents of Muslim background relate to the role of religion in the children’s daily school life. This article explores the meanings that teachers and parents at a school in the Danish province attribute to Muslim children’s religious backgrounds. Based on interviews with school leadership, teachers, parents and children, it particularly examines how they interpret the course ‘knowledge of Christianity’ and how they view the division of responsibility for teaching children about religion. It argues that while both parents and teachers understand religious belonging as a private matter that does not concern the school, they have different understandings of what this means and what it should imply for the children’s participation in school activities. The article further argues that the so-called encounter between ‘Muslim practices’ and ‘Danish values’ rather constitutes yet another example of negotiations that have always taken place in modern Danish society between the institutions of family and school.https://tifoislam.dk/article/view/25336folkeskolenmuslimertilhørsforholdreligion |
| spellingShingle | Marianne Holm Pedersen Den private religion: Fortolkninger af muslimske børns religiøse tilhørsforhold i en dansk folkeskole Tidsskrift for Islamforskning folkeskolen muslimer tilhørsforhold religion |
| title | Den private religion: Fortolkninger af muslimske børns religiøse tilhørsforhold i en dansk folkeskole |
| title_full | Den private religion: Fortolkninger af muslimske børns religiøse tilhørsforhold i en dansk folkeskole |
| title_fullStr | Den private religion: Fortolkninger af muslimske børns religiøse tilhørsforhold i en dansk folkeskole |
| title_full_unstemmed | Den private religion: Fortolkninger af muslimske børns religiøse tilhørsforhold i en dansk folkeskole |
| title_short | Den private religion: Fortolkninger af muslimske børns religiøse tilhørsforhold i en dansk folkeskole |
| title_sort | den private religion fortolkninger af muslimske borns religiose tilhorsforhold i en dansk folkeskole |
| topic | folkeskolen muslimer tilhørsforhold religion |
| url | https://tifoislam.dk/article/view/25336 |
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