‘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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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Routledge
[2020]
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In: |
Religion
Jahr: 2020, Band: 50, Heft: 4, Seiten: 615-635 |
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
England
/ Grundschule
/ Schüler
/ Areligiosität
/ Schulgottesdienst
/ Teilnahme
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RelBib Classification: | AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik AH Religionspädagogik KBF Britische Inseln RF Christliche Religionspädagogik; Katechetik |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Secular
B Agency B Childhood B Non-religion B Prayer |
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Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2020.1758230 |