Reproducing whiteness? A critical race analysis of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ process for drafting the framework for secondary religious education

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Critical Research on Religion Pub Date : 2023-09-06 DOI:10.1177/20503032231199490

Kathleen M. Sellers

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Abstract

This article draws on critical race theory and social reproduction theory to analyze the process resulting in the curriculum framework for secondary, Catholic, religious education in the US. This document, promulgated by Church leaders, has impacted millions of US Catholic high school students. Recent calls for racial justice, within and outside of the Catholic Church, invite inquiry into whether this framework is impacting all students equally. This article explores two key questions: Whose knowledge mattered in the creation of the Framework? Was the Framework constructed so as to support the creation of a culturally-sustaining religion curriculum for all students? This analysis demonstrates why the Framework may be problematic for Students of Color and suggests Catholic leaders and educators must learn more from critical race scholars and education researchers if they are to enhance the quality of this and future pedagogical resources for religious instruction. Recommendations are made for addressing the issues raised.

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繁殖白?对美国天主教主教会议起草中等宗教教育框架过程的批判性种族分析

本文借鉴批判性种族理论和社会再生产理论，分析了美国中学、天主教和宗教教育课程框架的形成过程。这份由教会领袖颁布的文件影响了数百万美国天主教高中生。最近，天主教会内外呼吁种族正义，这引发了人们对这一框架是否对所有学生产生了平等影响的调查。本文探讨了两个关键问题：谁的知识在框架的创建中很重要？该框架的构建是否是为了支持为所有学生创建一个文化上可持续的宗教课程？这项分析证明了为什么该框架对有色人种学生可能会有问题，并表明天主教领袖和教育工作者必须向批判性种族学者和教育研究人员学习更多，才能提高这一点以及未来宗教教学资源的质量。为解决提出的问题提出了建议。

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期刊介绍： Critical Research on Religion is a peer-reviewed, international journal focusing on the development of a critical theoretical framework and its application to research on religion. It provides a common venue for those engaging in critical analysis in theology and religious studies, as well as for those who critically study religion in the other social sciences and humanities such as philosophy, sociology, anthropology, psychology, history, and literature. A critical approach examines religious phenomena according to both their positive and negative impacts. It draws on methods including but not restricted to the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, Marxism, post-structuralism, feminism, psychoanalysis, ideological criticism, post-colonialism, ecocriticism, and queer studies. The journal seeks to enhance an understanding of how religious institutions and religious thought may simultaneously serve as a source of domination and progressive social change. It attempts to understand the role of religion within social and political conflicts. These conflicts are often based on differences of race, class, ethnicity, region, gender, and sexual orientation – all of which are shaped by social, political, and economic inequity. The journal encourages submissions of theoretically guided articles on current issues as well as those with historical interest using a wide range of methodologies including qualitative, quantitative, and archival. It publishes articles, review essays, book reviews, thematic issues, symposia, and interviews.