Religious Education in Greece - Orthodox Christianity, Islam and Secularism
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https://doi.org/10.26417/ejser.v5i1.p44-53Keywords:
religious education, secularism, curriculum, Islam, public sphereAbstract
This study is an attempt to address the issue of religion in the public sphere and secularism. Since the Eastern Orthodox Church has been established by the Greek constitution (1975) as the prevailing religion of Greece, there are elements of legal agreements- which inevitably spawn interactions- between state and Church in different areas. One such area is Religious Education. This article focuses on Religious Education (RE) in Greece which is a compulsory school subject and on two important interventions that highlight the interplay between religion, politics and education: firstly the new Curriculum for RE (2011) and secondly the introduction of an Islamic RE (2014) in a Greek region (Thrace) where Christians and Muslims have lived together for more than four centuries. The researches are based on fieldwork research and they attempt to open the discussion on the role of RE in a secular education system and its potential for coexistence and social cohesion.Downloads
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2015-12-30
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Liagkis, M. K., & Angeliki Ziaka. (2015). Religious Education in Greece - Orthodox Christianity, Islam and Secularism. European Journal of Social Science Education and Research, 2(4), 44–53. https://doi.org/10.26417/ejser.v5i1.p44-53
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