‘It’s a bit cool and awesome’: Using Liverpool’s Muslim heritage to help Muslim pupils learn how to ‘translate’ their faith in the Liverpool of today
Contrary to the stereotype of conflict between Christians and Muslims, St Aidans Church of England Primary School in inner-city Liverpool is a place where as one pupil said, ‘We are all united together,’ arguably a remarkable achievement for an Anglican school with approximately two-thirds Muslim pu...
| Published in: | Ciências da religião história e sociedade |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ed. Mackenzie
2014
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Ciências da religião história e sociedade
Year: 2014, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 197-223 |
| Further subjects: | B
Liverpool
B Christian B Primary School B Muslim B Abdullah Quilliam |
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| Summary: | Contrary to the stereotype of conflict between Christians and Muslims, St Aidans Church of England Primary School in inner-city Liverpool is a place where as one pupil said, ‘We are all united together,’ arguably a remarkable achievement for an Anglican school with approximately two-thirds Muslim pupils. The article is based on fieldwork with Muslim pupils in St Aidans and combines fieldwork with theological reflection, modelling a new methodological approach. The article comprises of four main sections. First, it briefly describes the context of St Aidans. Second, it discusses the methodology I developed for my fieldwork which utilises Christian theological reflection on fieldwork insights. In the third, main, section, the article reports of some aspects of the fieldwork, focusing on an RE lesson that I taught in St Aidans which outlined the history of Abdullah Quilliam’s ‘Muslim Institute’, which ran from 1889 to 1908 and housed the United Kingdom’s first mosque. Fourth the article reflects theologically on the insights from the fieldwork. The title for this article is a quote of a Muslim pupil’s reaction to learning about the existence of the Muslim Institute and typifies the positive response and growth in confidence of their identity as Liverpudlian Muslims. |
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| ISSN: | 1980-9425 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ciências da religião história e sociedade
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