عنوان

Securing Freedom whilst Enhancing Competence:

شماره

LA126044

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Securing Freedom whilst Enhancing Competence:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

The "Knowledge about Christianity, Religions and Life Stances" Subject and the Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights

نام نخستين پديدآور

Pamela Slotte

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

In an attempt to accommodate the increasing religious and cultural diversity in European societies, religious instruction in public schools is being rearranged across Europe. However, the issue is sensitive owing to the societal matters involved, such as multiculturalism, minority issues, nationalism, and citizenship. A crucial question is how religious instruction can be organized in public (state-funded) schools so as to conform to fundamental human rights. The European Court of Human Rights has also recently dealt in Folgerø and Others v. Norway with an ambitious attempt to introduce compulsory non-confessional religious instruction in public schools with the aim of enhancing dialogue and cultural understanding and take into account the future status of children as adult members of both national and international societies. Dividing children into separate study groups according to their faith had been dismissed as a form of segregation and parallel multiculturalism. This article focuses on Folgerø and Others v. Norway. What is at stake in the argumentation before the European Court of Human Rights, and how does it reason concerning religion and life-views, religious freedom and the aims of religious instruction in public schools? Based on this analysis, the article discusses what it means that a conflict over what constitutes adequate religious instruction is brought to a legal forum and the consequences this has for what will be understood as acceptable instruction. In an attempt to accommodate the increasing religious and cultural diversity in European societies, religious instruction in public schools is being rearranged across Europe. However, the issue is sensitive owing to the societal matters involved, such as multiculturalism, minority issues, nationalism, and citizenship. A crucial question is how religious instruction can be organized in public (state-funded) schools so as to conform to fundamental human rights. The European Court of Human Rights has also recently dealt in Folgerø and Others v. Norway with an ambitious attempt to introduce compulsory non-confessional religious instruction in public schools with the aim of enhancing dialogue and cultural understanding and take into account the future status of children as adult members of both national and international societies. Dividing children into separate study groups according to their faith had been dismissed as a form of segregation and parallel multiculturalism. This article focuses on Folgerø and Others v. Norway. What is at stake in the argumentation before the European Court of Human Rights, and how does it reason concerning religion and life-views, religious freedom and the aims of religious instruction in public schools? Based on this analysis, the article discusses what it means that a conflict over what constitutes adequate religious instruction is brought to a legal forum and the consequences this has for what will be understood as acceptable instruction.

تاريخ نشر

2011

توصيف ظاهري

41-73

عنوان

Religion & Human Rights

شماره جلد

6/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1871-0328

اصطلاح موضوعی

education

اصطلاح موضوعی

Folgerø and Others v. Norway

اصطلاح موضوعی

freedom of religion or belief

اصطلاح موضوعی

human rights

اصطلاح موضوعی

pluralism

اصطلاح موضوعی

religious instruction

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Pamela Slotte

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/187103211X543644

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y