Gutenberg Open Science: Religious education for ecological sustainability : an initial reality check using the example of everyday decision-making

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dc.contributor.author	Altmeyer, Stefan	-
dc.date.accessioned	2021-05-07T10:49:37Z	-
dc.date.available	2021-05-07T10:49:37Z	-
dc.date.issued	2021	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/5857	-
dc.description.abstract	There is a widely accepted consensus that religious education, together with all other school subjects, should contribute to the goals of education for sustainable development. As a result, theoretical models have been developed to profile what the specific contributions of religious education might be. However, the question whether religious education can achieve the intended goals has not yet been researched in more detail. More fundamentally, to be able to formulate realistic goals involves the clarification of students’ predispositions. In the light of these questions, the author focuses on an ecological sustainability dilemma, the so-called poplar dilemma, and asks how students react to this conflictive situation and what roles religious orientations play in their responses. Analysis of the responses of a sample of more than 1100, 14- to 16-year-old students at secondary schools in Germany and Austria led to the conclusion that over-reaching, action-changing environmental sustainability goals are probably beyond the reach of religious education as a single subject. Nevertheless, it becomes clear that ecological issues are regarded by many as religious and spiritual questions and can therefore be addressed in a focused way through religious education. The idea of religious stewardship, which implies taking responsibility and addresses both religious and non-religious students, could be particularly promising. Religious education could develop a characteristic profile as an area in which translation between different motivations for engaging in religious stewardship occurs, and where commitments to taking responsibility are sought.	en_GB
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	200 Religion	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	200 Religion	en_GB
dc.subject.ddc	370 Erziehung	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	370 Education	en_GB
dc.title	Religious education for ecological sustainability : an initial reality check using the example of everyday decision-making	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-5848	-
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 01 Katholische u. Evang. Theologie	de
jgu.organisation.number	7900	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	Journal of Religious Education	de
jgu.journal.volume	69	de
jgu.pages.start	57	de
jgu.pages.end	74	de
jgu.publisher.year	2021	-
jgu.publisher.name	Springer	de
jgu.publisher.place	Singapore	de
jgu.publisher.uri	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40839-020-00131-5	de
jgu.publisher.issn	2199-4625	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	200	de
jgu.subject.ddccode	370	de
jgu.publisher.doi	10.1007/s40839-020-00131-5
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485
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