ATTITUDES OF THE POLITICAL ELITE ABOUT INTRODUCING RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN RM
Date Issued
2019-11-23
Author(s)
Dushka Matevska
Zoran Matevski
Abstract
According to religious representatives, religious education can only help
improve the moral situation in Macedonian society. It can fill the moral vacuum
that has opened up in the so-called transitional period due to the rejection of
socialist moral values and the slow establishment of civic ones. Thus it can alleviate
the moral panic that has spread among the population. This thesis received
support from representatives of the political elite, and all this resulted in a
"political agreement" between the relig ious representatives and the representatives
of the state. The question about religious education is no longer whether
it will be introduced, but in what form, for whom, and when. Starting from the
multi-dimensional nature of this problem, we have carried out a study based on
a qualitative methodological approach. We conducted 50 interviews with representatives
of relevant Macedonian and Albanian political parties in the Republic
of Macedonia. Uncontrolled religious education, especially in mosques, can
lead to unspeakable consequences for the state. What we have in mind is forms
of fundamentalism and the possibility that teachers might be members of foreign,
anti-state organizations.
improve the moral situation in Macedonian society. It can fill the moral vacuum
that has opened up in the so-called transitional period due to the rejection of
socialist moral values and the slow establishment of civic ones. Thus it can alleviate
the moral panic that has spread among the population. This thesis received
support from representatives of the political elite, and all this resulted in a
"political agreement" between the relig ious representatives and the representatives
of the state. The question about religious education is no longer whether
it will be introduced, but in what form, for whom, and when. Starting from the
multi-dimensional nature of this problem, we have carried out a study based on
a qualitative methodological approach. We conducted 50 interviews with representatives
of relevant Macedonian and Albanian political parties in the Republic
of Macedonia. Uncontrolled religious education, especially in mosques, can
lead to unspeakable consequences for the state. What we have in mind is forms
of fundamentalism and the possibility that teachers might be members of foreign,
anti-state organizations.
Subjects
File(s)![Thumbnail Image]()
Loading...
Name
Attitudes of the political Elite About introducing religious ed.pdf
Size
7.59 MB
Format
Adobe PDF
Checksum
(MD5):a1055a1e0843bd636024685d00600794