Religious Literacy as Religion Literacy: A Response from the UK

Robertson, David G. (2022). Religious Literacy as Religion Literacy: A Response from the UK. Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, 34(5) pp. 475–483.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15700682-bja10084

Abstract

This response builds on Wolfart’s observations on the theological underpinnings of the “religious literacy” paradigm in a North American context by reflecting on the situation in the United Kingdom. Here, it is even more apparent that institutional factors are a bigger driver than methodological factors, driven by the neo-liberalisation of the universities and the entrenched institutional dominance of confessional approaches to the study of religion. Yet it also provides a way for social-scientific scholars of religion to explain the instrumental value of the subject to policymakers and funding bodies. I conclude by sketching an approach to religious literacy more in keeping with post-phenomenological Religious Studies.

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• 1570-0682
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• religious literacy; interfaith; United Kingdom; TRS; religious education
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• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies > Religious Studies
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