"DRUGI" U PRAVOSLAVNIM I KATOLIČKIM VJERONAUČNIM UDŽBENICIMA ZA OSNOVNE ŠKOLE U BIH
“THE OTHERS” IN ORTHODOX AND CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS EDUCATION TEXTBOOKS FOR PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN BOSNA AND HERZEGOVINA

Summary/Abstract: Religious Education and Religious Education textbooks in public schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina can, surely, make great contribution to development of a real post-war multiethnic society in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The level of success depends on the way in which the teachers and respective Religious Education textbooks represent the members of other ethno-religious traditions in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Our analysis shows that the most attention to this problem is paid in the Catholic textbooks. At presentation of the “others” the textbooks usually avoid their personalisation, preferring presentation of their teachings and history from their own point of view. The use of descriptive principles as well as positive or negative evaluation of the “others” is greatly conditioned by the context. Nevertheless, it seams that historical context of the discussion greatly remain to be the main source of mythic prejudices in Orthodox religious instruction textbooks and negative stereotypes in the case of the Catholic ones.

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