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Dialogo tra le religioni e bene universale
2021
L'articolo sviluppa il tema del dialogo tra le religioni a partire da una visione della secolarizzazione non ateistica e della laicità come forma inclusiva
Religious Education in Secularist Kindergartens? Pedagogical Leaders on Religion in Norwegian ECEC
2022
According to the legal framework, religion forms a certain part of Norwegian early childhood education in publicly owned kindergartens. As the only Scandinavian country where this is the case, the object clause (statement of purpose) for Norwegian kindergartens defines basic values in the Christian and humanist heritage and tradition as the value foundation for the institution. In this article we explore the impact of the processes of secularization and pluralization on the pedagogical content of early childhood education, and how some pedagogical leaders understand the religious elements. Empirically, the article is partly based on qualitative interviews targeting seven public kindergarten…
Modeling the Effects of Religious Belief and Affiliation on Prosociality
2021
To what extent do supernatural beliefs, group affiliation, and social interaction produce values and behaviors that benefit others, i.e., 'prosociality'? Addressing this question involves multiple variables interacting within complex social networks that shape and constrain the beliefs and behaviors of individuals. We examine the relationships among some of these factors utilizing data from the World Values Survey to inform the construction of an Agent-Based Model. The latter was able to identify the conditions under which – and the mechanisms by which – the prosociality of simulated agents was increased or decreased within an “artificial society” designed to reflect real world parameters. …
Post-Secular Identity? Developing a New Approach to Religion in International Relations and IR Studies
2021
In spite of the increasing presence of religion in international relations with various publications observing this presence and numerous authorities calling for the inclusion of religion into mainstream research, there is no universal consent to recognize religion’s role in IR. In our opinion, the only way to reconcile IR with the international reality in which religion has been and will remain present in the foreseeable future is for the researchers themselves to construct—especially those oriented towards broad, non-Western perspective—a new face of the discipline, the face which in this article we call the post-secular identity of IR study. Assuming that identity is first and foremost a…
La religione laica di John Dewey e di Aldo Capitini
2021
The contribution proposes an analysis on a subject that, today, appears more controversial than ever and full of ideas for reflection for the pedagogical world: the religion. This will be done through a reference to the theoretical contribution of John Dewey, who, presenting the terminology difference between the word "religion" and "religiousness", has disseminated the idea of a secular religion, whose values, transcending the boundaries of multiple religious confessions, can be fulfilled by all, contributing to the realization of democratic society. The deweyan approach will be compared to that of Aldo Capitini who, in a similar way to the American thinker, has promoted a form of secular …
La pedagogia di Aldo Capitini e la democrazia. Orizzonti di formazione per l'uomo nuovo
2014
L’educazione alla democrazia prospettata da Aldo Capitini viene riconsiderata alla luce delle nuove emergenze poste dall’attuale società del pluralismo; egli, con uno sguardo lungo e anticipatamente post-moderno, consegna alle nuove generazioni un’inedita idea di democrazia, l’omnicrazia, e rilancia il rapporto tra politica e religione come necessario per promuovere un’educazione che miri alla formazione integrale dell’uomo. La proposta del metodo nonviolento, la realizzazione di comunità educanti in cui ci si formi ad un agire politico consapevole e responsabile, la sinergia tra spiritualità e politica, l’approccio laico e insieme religioso, sono alcuni fra gli aspetti più attuali di una p…
Franco Salvo maestro di democrazia nella Sicilia del secondo dopoguerra
2018
Franco Salvo (1916-1983), professore di Storia e Filosofia presso il liceo classico Umberto I di Palermo fin dall’immediato dopoguerra, fu un «maestro di laicità» impegnato a formare i giovani ai valori della democrazia. Studioso appassionato di filosofia morale e storico, visse l’insegnamento come una missione laica orientata a formare le nuove generazioni alla libertà, alla responsabilità e ai principi fondanti della Costituzione. Durante le sue lezioni dava infatti ampio spazio all’educazione civica che insegnava entro una prospettiva storica, che considerava la più adeguata ad affrontare il tema dei diritti dell’uomo. Il suo metodo educativo era orientato a sviluppare una mentalità crit…