The case for introducing the study of religion in India

• Authors: Sharma Arvind
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The author o ers a brief report of introducing the study of religion in India since 194 While doing so he refers to the Constitution of India, so-called Nehruvian Consensus, the Kothari Commission which made an important distinction between ‘religious education’ and ‘educa- tion about religion’, as well as several other bodies responsible for national policy on education, which gave a unique shape of Indian secularism.

Keywords

EN

religious education in India; education about religion; religious pluralism; ethical vs. religious values; religion and nationalism; secularism

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. KEN w Krakowie, Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii
• Journal: ARGUMENT: Biannual Philosophical Journal
• Year: 2016
• Volume: Tom: 6
• Issue: Numer: 1
• Pages: 21-29

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

Sharma Arvind

• McGill University, Canada

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