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The relevancy of religious literacy in social studies curricula: quebec’s ccq as a case study.

1. Introduction

2. religious literacy in secular societies and curricula, religious literacy.

• Understanding the internal diversity within religious, spiritual, and non-religious worldview groups.
• Understanding that similarities exist across worldview groups but that they are each distinct.
• Recognizing the influence that socio-cultural, political, and economic aspects of society have on worldview groups, and vice versa, in the past and present, which change, inform, and shape these worldviews over time;
• Recognizing the need to include religious, spiritual, and non-religious worldviews in the full conversation.
• Recognizing that worldviews hold a significant personal meaning to the religious, spiritual, and non-religiously affiliated individuals. This leads us to discuss worldviews from an individual or community’s distinct lens and not from the worldview of another person/group, and know that individuals who share the same worldview may have diverse beliefs, expressions, interpretations, and terminology to describe it based on a number of factors, such as personal circumstance, place, political context, etc.

3. CCQ: A Case Study

• The essence of Quebec culture, highlighting its history, foundations, and significant symbols.
• Current societal topics, and emphasis on the role of students as well-informed citizens, touching on issues like freedom of speech, gender equality, and media literacy.
• The importance of constructive dialogue—an emphasis akin to the ERC, but also adds a significant place to critical thinking.

4. Opportunities for Educators

4.1. addressing polarization, 4.2. discussing the climate crisis.

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4.3. Engaging Reconciliation

5. application, 6. conclusions, author contributions, institutional review board statement, informed consent statement, data availability statement, conflicts of interest.

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Chan, W.Y.A.; Hirsch, S.; Tiflati, H. The Relevancy of Religious Literacy in Social Studies Curricula: Quebec’s CCQ as a Case Study. Religions 2024 , 15 , 1046. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15091046

Chan WYA, Hirsch S, Tiflati H. The Relevancy of Religious Literacy in Social Studies Curricula: Quebec’s CCQ as a Case Study. Religions . 2024; 15(9):1046. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15091046

Chan, W. Y. Alice, Sivane Hirsch, and Hicham Tiflati. 2024. "The Relevancy of Religious Literacy in Social Studies Curricula: Quebec’s CCQ as a Case Study" Religions 15, no. 9: 1046. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15091046

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