Worldviews, with caution

A short personal reflection on discussions hosted by the Religious Education Council of England and Wales in 2020 around the reorienting of Religious Education around "worldviews". I reflect on the scope this offers for overcoming the World Religions Paradigm and raise questions about its...

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Main Author: Owen, Suzanne 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: British Association for the Study of Religions 2022
In: Journal of the British Association for the Study of Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 23, Pages: 5-7
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Religious Education Council of England and Wales / Religious instruction / World view / World religion / Paradigm shift
IxTheo Classification:AA Study of religion
AH Religious education
KBF British Isles
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Summary:A short personal reflection on discussions hosted by the Religious Education Council of England and Wales in 2020 around the reorienting of Religious Education around "worldviews". I reflect on the scope this offers for overcoming the World Religions Paradigm and raise questions about its arbitrary limits, the challenges of representation and identity, and finally about the more fundamental confusion regarding the aims of Religious Education that cannot be resolved by a title change alone.
ISSN:2516-6379
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of the British Association for the Study of Religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.18792/jbasr.v23i0.53