The Danish State Policy on the Teaching of Religion from 1900 to 2007

TY - JOUR

T1 - The Danish State Policy on the Teaching of Religion from 1900 to 2007

AU - Reeh, Niels

PY - 2013/6

Y1 - 2013/6

N2 - The author presents an analysis of the political decision making process regarding the teaching of religion in Denmark from 1900 until 2007. The author uses Norbert Elias's concept of the survival unit as the analytical framework of the study. Instead of a classic secularization narrative in which the secular and religious spheres of society are differentiated into separate realms as the process of modernization unfolds, a different narrative emerges in which the State has used the teaching of religion as an instrument to further its vital interests, especially with regard to its international relations.

AB - The author presents an analysis of the political decision making process regarding the teaching of religion in Denmark from 1900 until 2007. The author uses Norbert Elias's concept of the survival unit as the analytical framework of the study. Instead of a classic secularization narrative in which the secular and religious spheres of society are differentiated into separate realms as the process of modernization unfolds, a different narrative emerges in which the State has used the teaching of religion as an instrument to further its vital interests, especially with regard to its international relations.

KW - Faculty of Humanities

KW - Religious change

KW - Secularization

KW - State and religion

KW - Teaching of religion

U2 - 10.1177/0037768613482060

DO - 10.1177/0037768613482060

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0037-7686

VL - 60

SP - 236

JO - Social Compass

JF - Social Compass

IS - 2

M1 - 250

ER -