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Hand on Religious Upbringing
Author(s) -
Gardner Peter
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of philosophy of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.501
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-9752
pISSN - 0309-8249
DOI - 10.1111/j.0309-8249.2004.00367.x
Subject(s) - indoctrination , flourishing , relevance (law) , epistemology , philosophy of education , sociology , environmental ethics , psychology , philosophy , law , social psychology , political science , ideology , higher education , politics
Michael Hand's recent paper, ‘Religious Upbringing Reconsidered', re‐opens a debate that was flourishing over a decade ago in this journal and, long before that, in the works of others. In this response I examine Hand's claims that earlier contributions to the debate passed over the central problem and that he can solve that problem. I endeavour to show that several of Hand's arguments, such as those dealing with indoctrination, as well as his claims may be flawed, that the relevance of his inquiries is open to question, but that his hidden and, apparently, unacknowledged agenda should not remain hidden or passed over.