Data di Pubblicazione:
2019
Citazione:
The Role of Religiosity in Education Policy in France and Israel / P. Mattei. - In: MONDI MIGRANTI. - ISSN 1972-4888. - 2019:3(2019), pp. 181-201.
Abstract:
What are the policy implications of different state policies toward religion?
The paper is an investigation about the relationship between the state and religion in
shaping contemporary compulsory schooling in France and Israel. Why do
Orthodox Jewish students in Israel learn the Torah way of life, often at the expense
of other subjects and employment opportunities, whilst religious Catholic students
in France cannot study the Bible in schools or Muslim students cannot learn the
Prophet’s way of life? Why is religiosity actively promoted in one educational
system and banned from education policy in another? Our argument is that state
policies toward religion and religious schools are the result of historical processes
and conditions, associated with political and legal developments. France and Israel
share the central role that religion played in the early processes of state building; yet,
contemporary state policies toward religion and education are most different. In
France, we found that assertive secularism (laicité) finds its battling grounds in
public schools, whilst in Israel prescriptive religiosity permeates every aspect of
public life and schooling policies.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
education; state-church relationship;
Elenco autori:
P. Mattei
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