Researching religious tolerance education using discourse analysis: a case study from Indonesia

Complementing existing studies on religious tolerance education which have mainly evaluated interventions using pre-post designs, this article argues that discourse analysis can be a viable alternative methodology for generating new knowledge in this field. To illuminate the potentials of discourse...

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Published inBritish journal of religious education Vol. 41; no. 4; pp. 446 - 457
Main Authors Wijaya Mulya, Teguh, Aditomo, Anindito
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 02.10.2019
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Assignments
Case Studies
College Students
Developing Nations
Discourse Analysis
Foreign Countries
Indonesia
Intervention
Intimacy
Nationalism
Pretests Posttests
Prosocial Behavior
Religious Education
Religious Factors
Religious tolerance
Teaching Methods
Tolerance
Indonesia
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Summary:Complementing existing studies on religious tolerance education which have mainly evaluated interventions using pre-post designs, this article argues that discourse analysis can be a viable alternative methodology for generating new knowledge in this field. To illuminate the potentials of discourse analysis, the article also presents a case study of the application of this methodology in analysing a religious tolerance education project in an under-represented Global South country, Indonesia - where religious conservatism and intolerance are on the rise. Following the contact hypothesis, the project involved students from different religions working on a film-making group assignment about religious tolerance. Three key discourses drawn upon by students in giving meaning to religious tolerance within these films are identified, namely, a discourse of nationalism, tolerant theologies, and romantic love; and their implications are discussed with regard to the promotion of religious tolerance in education.
ISSN:0141-6200
1740-7931
DOI:10.1080/01416200.2018.1556602