Bibles in State schools

Carden, Clarissa

doi:10.1108/her-07-2016-0029

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“…From 1875 to 1910, public schools in Queensland were entirely secular. A series of debates both within and outside of parliament culminated in a 1910 referendum which passed, allowing for denominational religious instruction and “non-sectarian” Bible reading in Queensland public schools (Carden, 2018b; Perkins, 2010). The reformatory, which provided education, but which was not itself a public school, was never required to be wholly secular.…”

Section: Reformation Through Faith and Workmentioning

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Managing moral reformation: the case of Queensland's reformatory for boys, 1871–1919

Carden

2020

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PurposeThis article explores the case of the Queensland's reformatory for boys through the years 1871–1919 to analyse how the institution negotiated the complex, and at times competing, goals of reforming, educating and punishing its inmate population.Design/methodology/approachThe article relies on documentary evidence, including archival material produced by the institution and newspaper records published between 1865, when the legislation allowing the institution to be created was passed, to 1919, when the institution ceased to be known as a “reformatory”.FindingsThis research demonstrates that, despite considerable changes during the studied period, the overarching goal of reforming criminal and potentially criminal young people continuously relied on achieving a balance between reformative techniques such as religious instruction and work placements, providing a useful education and punishing offenders. It also demonstrates that, despite efforts to achieve this balance, the institution was often described as unsuccessful.Originality/valueDue to the paucity of available archival evidence, there is still relatively little known about how the reformatories of late-19th- and early-20th-century Australia attempted to carry out programmes of moral reformation. This paper contributes to the field through an analysis of an institution which faced unusual challenges as a result of a complex inmate population.

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Section: Reformation Through Faith and Workmentioning

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Managing moral reformation: the case of Queensland's reformatory for boys, 1871–1919

Carden

2020

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“…The BISSL was quick to point out that they did not want a return to a denominational system, but simply to emulate the NSW system that, they claimed, effectively preserved morality in schools without sowing the seeds of social disorder. 192 The Bible-in-State Schools League successfully campaigned for a referen dum to be held in 1910. As Clarissa Carden points out, media coverage and JACKSON the power of the pulpit were overwhelmingly in favour of the League.…”

Section: Strong Secular and Dual Systems Through The First World Warmentioning

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“…195 There is evidence that the new courses on Bible teachings in schools were not well received, and some examples of Queensland Readers remaining unopened for decades. 196 But nevertheless, the referendum represented a major triumph for Protestant pro ponents of religious instruction in schools.…”

Section: Strong Secular and Dual Systems Through The First World Warmentioning

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Religious Education and the Anglo-World

Jackson¹

2020

Religious Education and the Anglo-World

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Focusing on Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, "Religious Education and the Anglo World" historiographically examines the relationship between empire and religious education. In each case the analysis centres on the foundational moments of publicly funded education in the mid-to late-nineteenth centuries when policy makers cre ated largely Protestant systems of religious education, and frequently denied Roman Catholics funding for private education. Secondly, the period from 1880 to 1960 during which campaigns to strengthen religious education emerged in each context. Finally, the era of decolonisation from the 1960s through the 1980s when publicly funded reli gious education was challenged by the loss of Britishness as a central ideal, and Roman Catholics found unprecedented success in achieving state aid in many cases. By bringing these disparate national literatures into conversation with one another, the essay calls for a greater transnational approach to the study of religious education in the Anglo-World.

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“Not in the business of indoctrination”: religious education in South Australian public schools, 1968–1980

Jackson

2020

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PurposeThis paper explores religious education (RE) in South Australia from 1968–1980. It focuses especially on the collapse of the RE settlement from 1968–1972 and the controversial legislation and subsequent curricula emerging from changes to the Education Act in 1972.Design/methodology/approachThis paper draws upon archival materials, published sources from the South Australian Institute of Teachers, the South Australian Education Department and the Religious Education Project Team, as well as an interview with Malcolm McArthur, one of the most influential figures in the controversy.FindingsFollowing the collapse of religious instruction from 1968–1972, the Minister of Education quickly passed legislation regarding a new course of religious education. A major controversy subsequently broke out over the appropriateness and design of a new programme of religious education. Educators attempted to design an educationally sound programme of RE that would avoid the problem of indoctrination. Ultimately, a new programme was created that satisfied neither proponents nor opponents of religion in state schools, and General Religious Teaching gradually faded from South Australian classrooms by 1980.Originality/valueThe article engages with broader debates on the nature of secularity in Australian history. In particular, it complicates the political-institutional approach developed by Damon Mayrl by stressing the agency and significance of elite educational and religious actors in the creation of new secular settlements. It also provides a useful addition to an older South Australian historiography by utilising newly available sources on the topic.

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Bibles in State schools

Cited by 3 publications

References 6 publications

Managing moral reformation: the case of Queensland's reformatory for boys, 1871–1919

Managing moral reformation: the case of Queensland's reformatory for boys, 1871–1919

Religious Education and the Anglo-World

“Not in the business of indoctrination”: religious education in South Australian public schools, 1968–1980

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