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Contested Professionalism and Spiritual Legitimization: Catholic Religious Education Teachers and the Theme of Spirituality in Contemporary Italian Schools.
- Source :
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Religions . Jan2024, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p130. 15p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Based on observations and in-depth interviews with Catholic Religious Education teachers in Italy, this sociological study tackles "spirituality" as a register of legitimization in their professional settings. Compared with more established topics of "religious culture", the motives of "spirituality" appear as a lesser category of justification in teachers' discourse in two significant aspects: teaching about "spirituality" as a necessary component of human experience, and talking about their own relationship to "spirituality" as proof of sincere commitment and/or professionalism. Thus, in the context of teachers' labor, "spirituality" constitutes an ambivalent category that can serve the purposes of Catholic institutions as well as forms of criticism of authority. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20771444
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Religions
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175131432
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15010130