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Learning about What? Non-Confessional Religious Education after the Dissolution of the Binary Categories ‘Religion’ and ‘Secular’

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  • Peder Thalén

    (The Department of Humanities, University of Gävle, 801 76 Gävle, Sweden)

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The binary division between ‘religion’ and ‘secular’ as an analytical tool has long been criticised within the research field of ‘critical religion’ in religious studies. There has also been a parallel critique in the academic discussion about post-secularity. Recently, sociologists have picked up and deepened this criticism, as expressed in Mitsutoshi Horii’s book ‘ Religion ’ and ‘ Secular ’ Categories in Sociology: Decolonizing the Modern Myth (2021). Based on a critical processing of Horii’s application to sociology, the aim of this article is to discuss the challenges for non-confessional religious education (RE) that the ongoing dismantling of this binary division entails. In particular, it looks at how a non-confessional RE could be designed that transcends the binary division and how powerful knowledge could be understood in a non-binary context.

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  • Peder Thalén, 2023. "Learning about What? Non-Confessional Religious Education after the Dissolution of the Binary Categories ‘Religion’ and ‘Secular’," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 12(10), pages 1-12, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:12:y:2023:i:10:p:573-:d:1258968
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