Secular Schooling in the Long Twentieth Century?: Christianity and Education in Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands

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Secular Schooling in the Long Twentieth Century?

Christianity and Education in Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands

Edited by: Merethe Roos , Johannes Westberg and Henrik Edgren

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2024

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Volume 5 | Studies in the History of Education and Culture / Studien zur Bildungs- und Kulturgeschichte

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The twentieth-century process of secularization does not mean that institutional church and Christian ideas were irrelevant for twentieth-century societal projects – such as the introduction of democracy, the improvement of school and education, the framing of national identities – or in the establishment of welfare-states. On the contrary, this publication is built on the presupposition that secularization runs parallell with the sacralization of the state. It can be argued that Christianity has been decisive for how the modern European society evolved in the twentieth century, e.g. concerning how Christian history and Christian values were a part of the new national and social imaginary where re-enchantment and re-sacralization of the state were central elements.

In this publication, the aim is to highlight the role of Christianity in the twentieth- and twentyfirst-century welfare-state modernization process with the focus on schooling and education. A central perspective is the impact of cultural Protestantism during the twentieth century. The publication is comparative and will investigate education in Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands via chapters on curriculums, textbooks, politicians, and political debates.

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M. Roos, University of South Eastern, Norway; J. Westberg, University of Groningen, the Netherlands; H. Edgren, Uppsala University.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Open Access Download PDF	V
Education, National Identity, and Religion in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Century: The Diversity of Three European Nations Merethe Roos Open Access Download PDF	1
Norway
The Middle Ages and the Papacy in Norwegian Education 1860 –1939 Karl Christian Alvestad Open Access Download PDF	19
The Meaning of a Christian Education: Priests, Pedagogues, and Politicians Negotiating the Norwegian Curriculum Hege Roll-Hansen Open Access Download PDF	37
Towards a New Understanding of Education: Perspectives on the Debate of the Purpose clause for the Norwegian Schools around 1960 Merethe Roos Open Access Download PDF	55
The Norwegian White Paper “Identity and Dialogue,” 1995, as Part of Gudmund Hernes’s Reform Strategies Jørn Varhaug Open Access Download PDF	73
Sweden
The Transition from Paganism to Christianity in History Textbooks from 1900 to 1930 Johan Wickström Open Access Download PDF	91
Christian Education and the Creation of Democratic Citizens: Presentations of Christianity in Swedish Textbooks during the 1930s and 1940s Emma Hellström Open Access Download PDF	109
Social Democracy, Confessional Pluralism, and Value Indoctrination: Swedish Textbooks on Christianity and Religion, 1945 –1974 Janne Holmén Open Access Download PDF	131
Post-Christian Perspectives in Swedish Upper Secondary School Textbooks 1990 –2018 Henrik Edgren Open Access Download PDF	151
The Netherlands
From National School to Societal Pillar: The Secularization of Public Education in the Netherlands (1801– 1920) Sjaak Braster Open Access Download PDF	173
Bridge between Tradition and Situation: Titus M. Gilhuis and the Changes in Confessional Education in the Netherlands, 1945 –1985 John Exalto Open Access Download PDF	201
History Textbooks as Discursive Mediators: The Case of Dutch Tolerance, 1920 –1990 Tina van der Vlies Open Access Download PDF	223
Religious Education as Latent Secularization in the Netherlands: An Analysis of Two Contemporary and Widely Used Textbooks Paul Vermeer Open Access Download PDF	245
Epilogue: Textbooks as a Prism for the Politics of Secularization and “Cultural Heritage” Mette Buchardt Open Access Download PDF	269
Author presentations Open Access Download PDF	279

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280

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Cultural history; education; Christianity; welfare state

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Scholars in the field of cultural history and education

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