Marinović, Ankica (2018) Analysis of catholic religious instruction textbooks in Croatian primary schools: how do they teach atheism? In: Education in post-conflict transition: the politicization of religion in school textbooks. Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics and Policy . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp. 129-154. ISBN 978-3-319-56604-7 (Print), 978-3-319-56605-4 (Online)
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IN ENGLISH: According to the data of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sport, in the school year 2014/2015, 91.61% of children in Croatian primary schools attended Catholic catechism. The main goal of this paper was to find out the position of atheism/irreligiosity in the Catholic textbooks for primary schools and analyse reaction of different public actors concerning potentially discriminative contents. In addition to religious instruction textbooks, legal documents, letters, reports and connected web contents have been analysed. In the context of designated trend of revitalization of religion and desecularization of society from the 90s, some aspects of the thesis of Srđan Vrcan, that confessional belonging and religious self-identification in Croatia became almost general phenomenon and indicator of social authenticity in the state, political society, civil society and the public, while confessional and religious non-belonging becomes indicator of social abnormality, are considered on the example of relationship towards atheism in religious education textbooks in primary schools. Textbooks analysis indicated that textbooks deviate from the social doctrine of the Second Vatican Council and messages of Pope Frances when it comes to atheism and atheists. Textbooks do not develop spirit of tolerance towards atheism and atheists. On the contrary, atheism is absolutely unacceptable from the Catholic point of view. Textbooks offer confusing image of the world, in which, nonbelievers (living with their parents among them) become “people with mistake”. They do not intercede for acceptance of difference but “necessary and urgent correction of atheists” and prevention of atheism, by evangelization. They change Council dialogical postulate from “acquaint to understand” to “acquaint to prevent and convert”. --------------- IN CROATIAN: Prema podacima Ministarstva znanosti, obrazovanja i sporta za školsku godinu 2014/2015, 91.61% učenika u hrvatskim osnovnim školama pohađalo je katolički vjeronauk. Cilj rada bio je istražiti položaj ateizma/nereligioznosti u udžbenicima katoličkog vjeronauka za osnovne škole te analizirati reakcije različitih aktera u javnosti na potencijalno diskriminativne sadržaje. Osim udžbenika katoličkog vjeronauka analizirani su dokumenti, pisma i izvještaji različitih javnih aktera i s njima povezani sadržaji na web stranicama i portalima. U kontekstu naznačenog trenda revitalizacije religije i desekularizacije društva od 90ih u Hrvatskoj, testirala se teza Srđana Vrcana, da su konfesionalno pripadanje i religijska samoidentifikacija u Hrvatskoj postali gotovo opći fenomen i indikator socijalne normalnosti u državi, političkom društvu, civilnom društvu i javnosti dok su konfesionalno i religijsko nepripadanje postali indikatorom socijalne nenormalnosti. Teza se propitivala na primjeru tretiranja ateizma u udžbenicima vjeronauka u osnovnim školama. Analiza je pokazala da udžbenici vjeronauka odstupaju od socijalne doktrine Drugog vatikanskog koncila i poruka pape Franje, kad su u pitanju ateizam i ateisti. Ne razvijaju duh tolerancije prema ateizmu i ateistima. Naprotiv, ateizam je potpuno neprihvatljiv s katoličkog stajališta. Udžbenici nude zbunjujuću sliku svijeta u kojoj ateisti (živeći sa svojim roditeljima među vjernicima) postaju „ljudi s greškom”. Ne zalažu se za prihvaćanje razlika već za potrebu „nužnog i hitnog popravljanja ateista” i prevenciju ateizma, uz pomoć evangelizacije. Mijenjaju koncilski dijaloški princip „upoznati da bi se razumjelo” u „upoznati da bi se spriječilo i obratilo“.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Additional Information: | Language: English. - Book editors: Gorana Ognjenović, Jasna Jozelić. - Actual publication date: 2017. Copyright date in the book is 2018. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Religious instruction, textbooks for religious instruction, atheism, Croatia (vjeronauk, udžbenici vjeronauka, ateizam, Hrvatska) |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Depositing User: | Karolina |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Mar 2018 09:29 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Mar 2018 09:29 |
| URI: | http://idiprints.knjiznica.idi.hr/id/eprint/793 |
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