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Conceptions of the Secular in Society, Polity and Schools
Author(s) -
HAYDON GRAHAM
Publication year - 1994
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.1467-9752.1994.tb00313.x
Subject(s) - polity , philosophy of education , sociology , epistemology , pedagogy , social science , higher education , political science , philosophy , law , politics
Current debates about whether schools which are not secular should be supported by the State within a society which is secular demand clarity about the distinction between the secular and the non‐secular. It is argued that the notions of a secular society and of a secular polity help to illuminate the nature of a secular school. More substantively, it is suggested that we have reason to support a form of polity which allows both secular and non‐secular contributions into the public, forum, without privileging either; and that there is at least a case to be made that a non‐secular school may more adequately prepare its pupils for participation in such a polity.