Religious education and the ideology of pluralism

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The concept of a ‘pluralist society’ is seen as expressive of an ideological perspective and not merely as a description of a state of pluralism. The characteristics of a pluralist ideology are identified and the issue of core values which are transcultural is explored. Contemporary absolutist and relativist conceptions of religious education and pluralism are challenged and a view of religious education is advanced which seeks to replace ‘ideological enclosure’ with ‘ideological exploration’ and to provide pupils not just with ‘multi‐faith religious education’ but with inter‐faith religious education’. Relations between education provided by the schools and that which is conducted within faith communities are considered and a plea is made for partnership in a process concerned with the regeneration of spiritual consciousness and the recognition of diversity as complementarity.

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