Democratic Citizenship and Moral-Religious Values. Axiological Benchmarks in the Education for Democratic Citizenship
Democratic Citizenship and Moral-Religious Values. Axiological Benchmarks in the Education for Democratic Citizenship

Summary/Abstract: Democratic citizenship as a concept is not limited to acquiring the legal status of citizen and the right to vote or to be elected in office, which this status grants to individuals. It includes a large range of aspects, from civic conscience, thought and participation, to the political, legal, economic and cultural dimensions of public life in a democratic society. Over the last decades, however, numerous controversies have broken out in the context of strong emerging of the secularization of public life, in terms of tackling the moral and religious dimension of citizenship. In this context, we believe that launching a debate concerning democratic citizenship means looking for appropriate answers to questions such as: What is the relationship between citizenship and religion? How do religious moral values influence the significance of the idea of democratic citizenship? What consequences do they have on education? How are all these aspects operationalised in educational practice? In this study, we are considering the potential answers to such questions.

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