Understanding Religious Tolerance in Schools: Insights from Research
Exploring the levels of religious tolerance among students in different types of schools such as Roman Catholic, Evangelical Christian, Muslim, and Non-Faith institutions. The research considers factors influencing students' attitudes towards diversity and highlights varying levels of active tolerance observed. Insights from student perspectives shed light on the importance of respect for different faiths and expressions of belief.
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Faith Schools and Students Tolerance of Religious Groups Helen Everett helenev30@yahoo.co.uk
Walzers Tolerance Continuum 1. Resigned acceptance for the sake of peace 2. Benign indifference to difference 3. Moral stoicism others have rights even if they express them in unattractive ways 4. Curiosity; perhaps even respect, a willingness to listen and learn 5. Enthusiastic endorsement diversity of God s creation or necessary condition of human flourishing
The Six Research Schools Roman Catholic Independent Roman Catholic State Evangelical Christian Independent Muslim Independent Non-Faith State Non-Faith Independent RCI RCS ECI MI NFS NFI
VARIABLE Religious Tolerance (Standardized Coefficients) Roman Catholic independent -0.024 Roman Catholic state -0.038 Evangelical Christian independent 0.011 Muslim independent -0.035 Non-faith independent 0.110 Non-faith state REFERENCE Rokeach -0.050 GENDER (Boy=1) -0.175** BOOKS -0.040 STUETH (White=1) -0.238** STUBIRTH (UK born=1) 0.048 PARBIRTH (Both UK=1) 0.031 Attend major festivals only -0.086 Attend place of worship regularly (at least once a month) 0.215* Roman Catholic 0.072 Other Christian (including Evangelical) -0.045 Church of England -0.028 Muslim 0.192 Other non-Christian -0.054 Adjusted R 20.6%
Percentage of active tolerance interview responses towards those of another faith. School % Active tolerance responses Roman Catholic Independent 50 Roman Catholic State 38 Evangelical Christian Independent 18 Muslim Independent 18 Non Faith Independent 40
I found it really interesting to see like stuff differently. [.....] so I just found it really interesting. Because actually the way ..... the way the service like went not similar, but it was like they did their equivalent of the Bible, the Torah, like they hold it up and walk around with it like we do and I just found it really interesting to see the difference. [Harriet RCI]
I think everyone has their right to show their religion. Go to somewhere where they can worship... I probably wouldn t do anything about it [Esther ECI]
It doesnt really bother me because its their religion, their faith they get to do what they want and they have to do it [Saira MI]
Well I dont think Id sign it because I think if that s their business you shouldn t.... I m sure if a Christian they probably wouldn t support a Christian church because they re not Christian, it s not really their place, I m not a Hindu it s not my place to be.. I m not any part of their community. I shouldn t be supporting something I m not part of. [Hugh NFI]
Percentage of active tolerance interview responses towards immigrants and those on the margins of society. School % Active Tolerance Responses 86 Roman Catholic State Evangelical Christian Independent 29 Muslim Independent 29 Non Faith Independent 60 Non Faith State 60
Because there are lots of immigrants who come to this country who need to find people who like want to be in a community and find people like them maybe. And I think it would be just a good thing. [Pippa NFI (immigrants)]
Because I dont think thats my place really. I m not an immigrant. I ve never had any experience of immigration. [Hugh NFI (immigrant)] It wouldn t really have anything to do with me so I wouldn t really care [Ben ECI (immigrants)]
Overall percentage of active tolerance interview responses towards faith groups compared with responses towards immigrants and those on the margins of society. Overall % of Active Tolerance Responses 28% 52% Faith Group Immigrants/Margins
Error bar graph of Average General Tolerance showing each research school.
Standardised Coefficients VARIABLE General Tolerance Homosexual Tolerance Roman Catholic independent -0.169 0.166 Roman Catholic state -0.0404 0.052 Evangelical Christian independent -0.144 -0.163 Muslim independent 0.103 -0.119 Non-faith independent 0.058 0.158* Non-faith state REFERENCE REFERENCE Rokeach -0.211** -0.173** GENDER (Boy=1) -0.075 -0.287** BOOKS 0.162** 0.047 STUETH (White=1) -0.256** 0.026 STUBIRTH (UK born=1) 0.070 0.016 PARBIRTH (Both UK=1) 0.080 0.057 Attend Major Festivals 0.035 0.027 Attend Regularly (at least once a month) 0.140 0.018 Roman Catholic 0.297 0.250 Other Christian (including Evangelical) 0.191 0.109 Church of England 0.112 0.146 Muslim 0.274 0.169 Other non-Christian -0.022 0.022 Adjusted R 24.7% 20.9%
