In search of lost tradition. Orthodox pedagogy and the desecularisation of education studies in Russia

Facing the liberalisation of religious policy at the dusk of the communist era, the Russian Orthodox Church actively engaged with religious education, boosting this previously stagnant field. This contribution complicates criticism of these Orthodox initiatives as a ‘clericalisation’ of education by...

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Auteur principal: Paert, Irina (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Routledge [2020]
Dans: Religion, state & society
Année: 2020, Volume: 48, Numéro: 2/3, Pages: 143-160
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Russie / École publique / Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche / Pédagogie des religions / Renouveau religieux
RelBib Classification:AH Pédagogie religieuse
KBK Europe de l'Est
KDF Église orthodoxe
RF Pédagogie religieuse
Sujets non-standardisés:B Orthodox pedagogy
B Education
B postcommunist religious revival
B The Russian Orthodox Church
B Tradition
B Schools
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Résumé:Facing the liberalisation of religious policy at the dusk of the communist era, the Russian Orthodox Church actively engaged with religious education, boosting this previously stagnant field. This contribution complicates criticism of these Orthodox initiatives as a ‘clericalisation’ of education by shifting focus from the ecclesiastical hierarchy to lay educators building the subdiscipline of Orthodox pedagogy in the education faculties of state universities and private theological institutes. Following the four voices of theology approach, this contribution considers Orthodox pedagogy, as we know it from the writings of the leading scholars working in this field, as ‘espoused’ and ‘operant’ theology. It addresses the centrality of tradition for Orthodox education, the meanings ascribed to tradition in different discursive contexts, and how these meanings affect the problem of identity. While the educationalists discussed here represent different trends within the Orthodox spectrum, and espouse heterogeneous influences, they share a belief in the need to root religious pedagogy in native Russian cultural and intellectual traditions.
ISSN:1465-3974
Contient:Enthalten in: Religion, state & society
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/09637494.2020.1757373