Religious education in school in Poland – analysis of selected media debates Cover Image

Nauczanie religii w szkole w Polsce – analiza wybranych debat medialnych
Religious education in school in Poland – analysis of selected media debates

Author(s): Dagmara Głuszek‑Szafraniec
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Politics, Sociology of Religion
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: secular school; religion; public sphere; state; Church

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to present an analysis of media debates on religious education in a public schools, conducted in polish opinion‑forming newspapers. In the spring 2015 citizen’s initiative “Secular school” initiated changes in a law which allowed to finance religion lessons from public funds. The author tackles a topic from the perspective of the presence of religious education in schools for 25 years. Such approach gives opportunity to confront contemporary views on this issue, presented over the past year in the media, with public opinion research on this subject, conducted since 1990.

  • Issue Year: 14/2017
  • Issue No: 46
  • Page Range: 265-282
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish