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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786665803321

Autore

Renehan Caroline

Titolo

Openness with roots : education in religion in Irish primary schools / / by Caroline Renehan ; foreword, Kevin Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, [England] : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-6321-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (132 p.)

Disciplina

268.432

Soggetti

Christian education of children - Ireland

Catholic elementary schools - Curricula - Ireland

Religious education - Ireland

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sommario/riassunto

This book considers the historical legacy and current debate concerning Education in Religion in the Republic of Ireland with specific reference to the primary school sector under Catholic denominational patronage. Given Ireland's increased religious, non-religious and cultural diversity today, it is no longer tenable that approximately ninety percent of the country's schools should remain largely under the control of one particular patronage. On the one hand, it is the duty of the State to p...