‘Twofold otherness’: on religion, spirituality, and home schooling in the Czech Republic

In the Czech Republic, home schooling is an increasing but still rare education practice. The country is at the same time not favourable to public demonstrations of religion. In such a specific context, we investigated the intersection of religion, spirituality, and home schooling. Drawing on a broa...

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VerfasserInnen: Beláňová, Andrea (VerfasserIn) ; Kostelecká, Yvona (VerfasserIn) ; Machovcová, Kateřina (VerfasserIn) ; McCabe, Marta (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Routledge [2020]
In: Journal of beliefs and values
Jahr: 2020, Band: 41, Heft: 4, Seiten: 406-418
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Tschechien / Laizität / Hausunterricht / Religiosität / Spiritualität
RelBib Classification:AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik
AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion
KBK Osteuropa
ZF Pädagogik
weitere Schlagwörter:B Spirituality
B Czech Republic
B Home schooling
B Religion
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Zusammenfassung:In the Czech Republic, home schooling is an increasing but still rare education practice. The country is at the same time not favourable to public demonstrations of religion. In such a specific context, we investigated the intersection of religion, spirituality, and home schooling. Drawing on a broad ethnographic research design, we identify three levels of strategies employed by religious or spiritual home-schooling parents to negotiate their ‘twofold otherness’. On the individual level, these parents significantly sought religious or spiritual support in their decision to home-school. On the societal level, the local community played a crucial role in assisting parents with home schooling. Simultaneously, fearing the reactions of home-schooling opponents, the families decided to keep their religion or spirituality to themselves. We conclude that the ‘twofold otherness’ is a vulnerable position for home-schoolers in the Czech Republic which forces the families to remain private about both their education style and spiritual or religious ideology.
ISSN:1469-9362
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of beliefs and values
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2020.1762384