‘Just leave it blank’ non-religious children and their negotiation of prayer in school
This article examines how non-religious children experience acts of collective worship and prayer in primary school settings and analyses how they negotiate religion and their non-religious identities in these events. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork examining non-religious childhoods and collectiv...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2020]
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| In: |
Religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 50, Issue: 4, Pages: 615-635 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
England
/ Elementary school
/ Pupil
/ Irreligiosity
/ School worship service
/ Participation in
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AH Religious education KBF British Isles RF Christian education; catechetics |
| Further subjects: | B
Secular
B Agency B Childhood B Non-religion B Prayer |
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| Summary: | This article examines how non-religious children experience acts of collective worship and prayer in primary school settings and analyses how they negotiate religion and their non-religious identities in these events. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork examining non-religious childhoods and collective worship in three English primary schools, the authors explore how non-religious children demonstrate their agency when confronted with particular boundaries and concepts related to religion and non-religion in school contexts. Attending to the experiences, perspectives, and practices of non-religious children adds to our understanding of the varieties of non-religion, which has to date largely focused on elite, adult populations. Focusing on non-religious children’s experiences of prayer reveals how these children did not experience tensions between praying to God and their non-religious identities and articulated their own interpretations of these practices, deepening understanding of the lived realities of non-religious cultures and identities. |
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| ISSN: | 1096-1151 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2020.1758230 |