Encountering the ‘unexpected’ in phenomenological research. Faith and belief as expressions of spirituality in a qualitative study

Natsis, Eva

doi:10.1080/1364436x.2017.1340263

International Journal of Children's Spirituality

2017

DOI: 10.1080/1364436x.2017.1340263

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Encountering the ‘unexpected’ in phenomenological research. Faith and belief as expressions of spirituality in a qualitative study

Eva Natsis

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Discourses on religion in research that focuses on students’ perspectives

Franzén Johnson,

Lilja,

Osbeck

2024

j. relig. educ.

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In this article, the aim is twofold: firstly, to explore, through a systematic literature review, what discourses on religion may be identified in previous research that focuses on students’ perspectives, and secondly, to discuss this in relation to research concerning challenges and opportunities in Scandinavian religious education (RE) and classroom negotiations, which is presented as a background to and scientific landscape for the study. Seven discourses relating to students’ understanding of religion have been identified in the text sample from the systematic review, religion as: threatening, a relic, needing to be tolerated, truth claims, plastic, a source of existential curiosity, and security and comfort. The findings show how these discourses together constitute a broader repertoire of discourses on religion than can be found in the Scandinavian RE classroom research presented as a frame for the study, especially when taking into account current orders of discourse and dominance structures. As stressed by discourse theory and sociocultural perspectives on learning, having access to broad repertoires of discourses on religion provides a basis for more nuanced ways of thinking about religion. It is vital that teachers are aware of this and can challenge dominant discourses and broaden existing repertoires. An important step in such a direction is an awareness of discourses on religion, such as the seven presented here, which may potentially be present in the classroom, even in practices other than the ones these discourses emanated from.

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Discourses on religion in research that focuses on students’ perspectives

Franzén Johnson,

Lilja,

Osbeck

2024

j. relig. educ.

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Children’s creation of an image of God and religiosity – a pedagogical perspective

Heland-Kurzak

2019

International Journal of Children's Spirituality

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The contours of religion through the narrated photographs of Philippine Catholic university students

Peracullo

2023

International Studies in Catholic Education

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Encountering the ‘unexpected’ in phenomenological research. Faith and belief as expressions of spirituality in a qualitative study

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Discourses on religion in research that focuses on students’ perspectives

Discourses on religion in research that focuses on students’ perspectives

Children’s creation of an image of God and religiosity – a pedagogical perspective

The contours of religion through the narrated photographs of Philippine Catholic university students

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