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Sorgenfrei, S., Thurfjell, D., Bergdahl, L., Bergkvist, M., Berglund, J., Borevi, K., . . . Åström, K. (2021). Mångreligiositet och sekularitet i svenskt polisväsende, vård, skola och offentlig förvaltning: en forskningsöversikt. Huddinge: Södertörns högskola
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Mångreligiositet och sekularitet i svenskt polisväsende, vård, skola och offentlig förvaltning: en forskningsöversikt
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2021 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

Under de senaste decennierna har Sverige genomgått stora demografiska och politiska förändringar. Tillsammans har dessa inneburit att Sverige idag samtidigt är ett av Europas mest sekulariserade och mest mångreligiösa länder. Den snabba demografiska förändring Sverige har genomgått har ställt många inför nya, stora och i vissa fall skyndsamma kunskapsbehov samtidigt är forskningen om situationen delvis eftersatt. I denna rapport identifieras hur den nya situationen relaterar till det lagstadgade uppdrag som svenskt polisväsende, vård, skola och offentlig förvaltning har. Den forskning som gjorts inom dessa områden sammanfattas och de viktigaste forskningsbehoven identifieras.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Huddinge: Södertörns högskola, 2021. p. 67
Series
IMS rapportserie ; 1
Keywords
Religion, mångreligiositet, mångkultur, sekularitet, IMS, polis, skola, vård, förvaltning
National Category
Religious Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-44285 (URN)
Available from: 2021-02-18 Created: 2021-02-18 Last updated: 2023-02-21Bibliographically approved
Berglund, J. (2018). Islamic Education in Europe: An Opportunity for Equal Rights or a Way to Control Islam?. In: Manfred L. Pirner; Johannes Lahnemann; Werner Haussmann; Susanne Schwarz (Ed.), Public Theology, Religious Diversity, and Interreligious Learning: Contributing to the Common Good Through Religious Education (pp. 158-170). New York: Routledge
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Islamic Education in Europe: An Opportunity for Equal Rights or a Way to Control Islam?
2018 (English)In: Public Theology, Religious Diversity, and Interreligious Learning: Contributing to the Common Good Through Religious Education / [ed] Manfred L. Pirner; Johannes Lahnemann; Werner Haussmann; Susanne Schwarz, New York: Routledge, 2018, p. 158-170Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Islamic religious education (IRE) in Europe has become a topic of intense public debate. People are concerned that their state is doing either too little or too much when it comes to shaping the spiritual beliefs of private citizens. State response to the unease has ranged from sponsoring Islamic education in public schools to forgoing such education entirely-with policies varying according to national political culture. On the one hand, the emergence of publicly funded IRE in Europe can be seen as a positive development, affording educational equivalency to Muslims and other religious minorities through partnerships with the state. On the other hand, publicly funded IRE can be seen as an attempt to control Muslims and “domesticate” Islam by bringing it within the sphere of the established educational system. This paper explores this apparent contradiction by discussing it in terms of state-church relations in different European countries. It also argues that comparative studies of publicly funded minority education can provide a type of litmus test of the broader relationship between various Western democracies and their minority populations. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
New York: Routledge, 2018
Series
Routledge Research in Religion and Education
National Category
Religious Studies Educational Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-50199 (URN)10.4324/9780429506390-14 (DOI)2-s2.0-85133033623 (Scopus ID)9780429506390 (ISBN)9781138583924 (ISBN)
Available from: 2022-11-04 Created: 2022-11-04 Last updated: 2022-11-04Bibliographically approved
Berglund, J. (2017). Continuity and Change: Experiences of Teaching Religious Education in the Light of a Life Trajectory of Hifz and Secular Education. Religion & Education, 44(1), 88-100
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Continuity and Change: Experiences of Teaching Religious Education in the Light of a Life Trajectory of Hifz and Secular Education
2017 (English)In: Religion & Education, ISSN 1550-7394, E-ISSN 1949-8381, Vol. 44, no 1, p. 88-100Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In this article, microhistory is used to (1) bring understanding to some of the educational, but also social and political questions that at present surround Muslims schools and Islamic Education in England; and (2) to question oft created dichotomy between Islamic and secular education, by bringing forward an educational journey, consistent of both Islamic education and secular education. The focus lies on the life of a British hafiz who works as a religious education teacher at a Muslim school in East London.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge, 2017
Keywords
Hifz, Islamic education, religious education
National Category
Religious Studies Educational Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-36756 (URN)10.1080/15507394.2016.1267544 (DOI)000424576500007 ()2-s2.0-85010703520 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2018-11-19 Created: 2018-11-19 Last updated: 2020-03-25Bibliographically approved
Berglund, J. (2017). Education Policy – A Swedish Success Story?: Integration of Newly Arrived Students Into the Swedish School System. Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Education Policy – A Swedish Success Story?: Integration of Newly Arrived Students Into the Swedish School System
2017 (English)Report (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2017. p. 11
Series
International Policy Analysis ; February 2017
National Category
Educational Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-32464 (URN)978-3-95861-767-4 (ISBN)
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, 30/2013
Available from: 2017-05-03 Created: 2017-05-03 Last updated: 2022-03-04Bibliographically approved
Berglund, J. (2017). Secular normativity and the religification of Muslims in Swedish public schooling. Oxford Review of Education, 43(5), 524-535
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Secular normativity and the religification of Muslims in Swedish public schooling
2017 (English)In: Oxford Review of Education, ISSN 0305-4985, E-ISSN 1465-3915, Vol. 43, no 5, p. 524-535Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article suggests that the secular norms which influence much of the Swedish school system silence the voices and experiences of young Muslims who also attend Islamic supplementary education. It is based on interviews with 20 Muslim students in Sweden who reflected on their experiences of attending supplementary Islamic education in parallel to their secular schooling. Despite the variety of Islamic education reported by the students, they all held in common that they had learned to read and memorise the Quran as part of their Islamic education. A majority of the students reported that they avoid mentioning their Islamic education classes and their memorisation skills in secular schools since the reaction of teachers has proved to be negative. Those who mentioned that they attended supplementary religious education classes were immediately classified as ‘too religious’, a category that most wanted to avoid. The article shows that to memorise a sacred text stands in stark contrast to much of the educational ideals that prevail in Swedish modern schooling, where a discourse of secular normativity prevails. By using an identity economics model I show that what is perceived as prestigious and rewarding in the Muslim context risks being turned into a cost in the setting of a secular school.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge, 2017
Keywords
Islamic education; Quran education; Sweden; identity economics
National Category
Religious Studies Educational Sciences
Research subject
Historical Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-33115 (URN)10.1080/03054985.2017.1352349 (DOI)000413974700002 ()2-s2.0-85026747933 (Scopus ID)958/3.1.1/2014 (Local ID)958/3.1.1/2014 (Archive number)958/3.1.1/2014 (OAI)
Funder
Swedish Research Council, 2014-6423
Available from: 2017-08-15 Created: 2017-08-15 Last updated: 2020-03-26Bibliographically approved
Berglund, J. (2017). The Study of Islamic Education: A Litmus Test on State Relations to Muslim Minorities. In: Steffen Führding (Ed.), Method and Theory in the Study of Religion: Working Papers from Hannover (pp. 232-258). Brill Academic Publishers
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The Study of Islamic Education: A Litmus Test on State Relations to Muslim Minorities
2017 (Swedish)In: Method and Theory in the Study of Religion: Working Papers from Hannover / [ed] Steffen Führding, Brill Academic Publishers, 2017, p. 232-258Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

In this paper I argue that it is possible to understand publicly funded religious education as a litmus test for church-state-society relations and that the specific study of publicly funded Islamic education can be seen as a litmus test for the relation between various Western democracies and their Muslim minority populations.[1] I will compare and analyze state funded Islamic education in eight European countries pointing to the transformations and adaptations that Muslim communities have, on different levels, done to fit into each educational setting. The presentation shows that issues of integration, social cohesion, but also Islamophobia in each national setting affect what in the end becomes Islamic education.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Brill Academic Publishers, 2017
Series
Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, ISSN 2214-3270 ; 8
Keywords
Islam, Islamic Education, Religious Education, Minority Rights
National Category
Religious Studies
Research subject
Historical Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-33116 (URN)10.1163/9789004347878_012 (DOI)958/3.1.1/2014 (Local ID)9789004347878 (ISBN)9789004347861 (ISBN)958/3.1.1/2014 (Archive number)958/3.1.1/2014 (OAI)
Available from: 2017-08-15 Created: 2017-08-15 Last updated: 2019-09-25Bibliographically approved
Ackfeldt, A., Berglund, J., Brusi, F., Cato, J., Dogan, G., Fazlhashemi, M., . . . Törning, L. (2017). Undermålig forskning i svensk myndighetsrapport.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Undermålig forskning i svensk myndighetsrapport
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2017 (Swedish)Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
National Category
Religious Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-37137 (URN)
Available from: 2018-12-31 Created: 2018-12-31 Last updated: 2022-06-29Bibliographically approved
Berglund, J., Shanneik, Y. & Bocking, B. (2016). Introduction. In: Jenny Berglund; Yafa Shanneik; Brian Bocking (Ed.), Religious Education in a Global-Local World: (pp. 1-10). Cham: Springer
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2016 (English)In: Religious Education in a Global-Local World / [ed] Jenny Berglund; Yafa Shanneik; Brian Bocking, Cham: Springer, 2016, p. 1-10Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cham: Springer, 2016
Series
Boundaries of Religious Freedom: Regulating Religion in Diverse Societies, ISSN 2214-5281, E-ISSN 2214-529X
National Category
Religious Studies Educational Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-48523 (URN)10.1007/978-3-319-32289-6_1 (DOI)978-3-319-32287-2 (ISBN)978-3-319-81244-1 (ISBN)978-3-319-32289-6 (ISBN)
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, 30/2013
Available from: 2022-03-04 Created: 2022-03-04 Last updated: 2022-03-04Bibliographically approved
Berglund, J. (2016). Islamic Religious Education in Muslim Schools: A Translation of Islam to the Swedish School System. In: Jenny Berglund; Yafa Shanneik; Brian Bocking (Ed.), Religious Education in a Global-Local World: (pp. 109-121). Cham: Springer
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Islamic Religious Education in Muslim Schools: A Translation of Islam to the Swedish School System
2016 (English)In: Religious Education in a Global-Local World / [ed] Jenny Berglund; Yafa Shanneik; Brian Bocking, Cham: Springer, 2016, p. 109-121Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

In the literature about Islamic religious education (IRE), the process of teaching Islam to the younger generation is often referred to as “transmitting Islam”. Obviously, there are certain “facts” that often are transmitted from one generation to another, such as names of prophets, the five pillars of Islam and the words of the Quran. But what significance and meaning these persons and concepts have is not necessarily “transmitted”. In this paper, I argue that using the concept of “transmitting” brings about several problems, such as giving a static view of the process of Islamic education, thereby neglecting the contextualisation that is an important part of all teaching. Drawing on Homi Bhabha, I instead suggest that the concept of translation is more accurate to what teachers of Islamic religious education do, since translation includes notions of interpretation and thereby shows the power teachers have when they make educational choices. The empirical material used in the chapter stems from fieldwork in Swedish Muslim schools.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cham: Springer, 2016
Series
Boundaries of Religious Freedom: Regulating Religion in Diverse Societies, ISSN 2214-5281, E-ISSN 2214-529X
Keywords
Sweden, Islam, Islamic education, Transmission, Translation, Religious education
National Category
Religious Studies Educational Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-48524 (URN)10.1007/978-3-319-32289-6_7 (DOI)978-3-319-32287-2 (ISBN)978-3-319-81244-1 (ISBN)978-3-319-32289-6 (ISBN)
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, 30/2013
Available from: 2022-03-04 Created: 2022-03-04 Last updated: 2022-03-04Bibliographically approved
Berglund, J. (2016). On the Borders: Religious Education in Northern Europe. Paper presented at XIII Nordic Conference on Religious Education "Shifting borders in religious education". Usuteaduslik ajakiri, 69(1), 9-24
Open this publication in new window or tab >>On the Borders: Religious Education in Northern Europe
2016 (English)In: Usuteaduslik ajakiri, ISSN 1406-6564, Vol. 69, no 1, p. 9-24Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Around the world, many schools are situated close to a territorial border. In such a situation it is possible, and in some areas probable, that students and teachers interact with people from the other side of the territorial border on a daily or weekly basis. These interactions influence peoples’ lives, but how do they affect education? Does a close relation to a territorial neighbour mean that the culture and religion of the territorial Other is taken into consideration in teaching? Or is education, despite the recommendations on the supranational level, a purely national product?  These issues are addressed in this paper, which empirical material comes from on a cross disciplinary project focusing on religious education in four border areas around the Baltic Sea.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Tartu: Akadeemiline Teoloogia Selts, 2016
Keywords
religious education, borders, schools
National Category
Religious Studies Educational Sciences
Research subject
Historical Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-29763 (URN)
Conference
XIII Nordic Conference on Religious Education "Shifting borders in religious education"
Note

Specialnummer på engelska. Theological journal, Special issue “Shifting borders in Religious Education”

Available from: 2016-03-21 Created: 2016-03-21 Last updated: 2017-05-29Bibliographically approved
Projects
Teaching religion and thinking education on the Baltic-Barent brim. [A051-2009_OSS]; Södertörn University; Publications
Lundén, T. (2015). Crossings and Crosses. Religion and Education in Baltic and Barents Borderlands. Sovijus, 3(2), 68-85Lundén, T. (2015). Society, proximity and education on the border. In: Jenny Berglund, Thomas Lundén, Peter Strandbrink (Ed.), Crossings and Crosses: Borders, Educations and Religions in Northern Europe (pp. 171-190). Walter de GruyterLundén, T. (2015). The spatiality of religion. In: Jenny Berglund, Thomas Lundén, Petere Strandbrink (Ed.), Crossings and Crosses: Borders, educaitons and religions in Northern Europe (pp. 191-211). Walter de GruyterBerglund, J. (2014). Teaching Orthodox religious education on the border. British Journal of Religious Education, 36(3), 282-297Lundén, T. (2014). Territorial regulation in Cross-Border Proximity: The Teaching of Religion and Civics in the Baltic-Barents Boundary Areas. In: Milan Bufon, Julian Minghi and Anssi Paasi (Ed.), The New European Frontiers: Social and Spatial (Re)Integrations Issues in Multicultural and Border Regions (pp. 64-88). Newcastle on Tyne: Cambridge Scholars PublishingBerglund, J. (2013). Swedish religion education: Objective but Marinated in Lutheran Protestantism?. Temenos, 49(2), 165-184Lundén, T. (2011). Religiösa symboler som gränsmarkeringar mellan Öst och Väst i Europa: en kulturgeografisk aspekt. Chaos: skandinavisk tidsskrift for religionshistoriske studier (55), 91-105Lundén, T. (2011). Skolor som går över gränsen. In: Peter Strandbrink; Beatriz Lindqvist; Håkan Forsberg (Ed.), Tvära möten: Om utbildning och kritiskt lärande (pp. 77-95). Huddinge: Södertörns högskola
Cultural and religious diversity in primary school (CARDIPS) [30/2013_OSS]; Södertörn University; Publications
Straarup, J. (2021). Migranters religiösa mötesplatser: en teoriprövning. In: Ali Hajighasemi; Jørgen Straarup (Ed.), Socialt arbete i ett mångkulturellt Sverige: migrationens bidrag till folkhemmet (pp. 208-224). Stockholm: LiberJahnke, F. (2021). Toleransens altare och undvikandets hänsynsfullhet: Religion och meningsskapande bland svenska grundskoleelever. (Doctoral dissertation). Huddinge: Södertörns högskolaVikdahl, L. (2020). I väntan på nådens år. In: Simon Sorgenfrei & David Thurfjell (Ed.), Kvinnligt religiöst ledarskap: En vänbok till Gunilla Gunner (pp. 229-239). Huddinge: Södertörns högskolaNilsson, S. (2020). Majoritetskulturella föreställningar om religion: en interkulturell utmaning i ett mångreligiöst Sverige. In: Helena Hill (Ed.), Perspektiv på interkulturalitet: (pp. 11-19). Huddinge: Södertörns högskolaSchihalejev, O., Kuusisto, A., Vikdahl, L. & Kallioniemi, A. (2020). Religion and children’s perceptions of bullying in multicultural schools in Estonia, Finland and Sweden. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 41(3), 371-384Straarup, J. (2020). Såsom på bio. In: Simon Sorgenfrei & David Thurfjell (Ed.), Kvinnligt religiöst ledarskap: En vänbok till Gunilla Gunner (pp. 325-335). Huddinge: Södertörns högskolaVikdahl, L. (2019). A lot is at stake. On the possibilities for religion-related dialog in a school, in Sweden. Religion & Education, 46(1), 81-100Vikdahl, L. & Skeie, G. (2019). Possibilities and limitations of religion-related dialog in schools: Conclusion and discussion of findings from the ReDi project. Religion & Education, 46(1), 115-129Vikdahl, L. (2018). Det kommer inte på tal: En studie om religiös och kulturell mångfald i grundskolan. Skellefteå: Artos & Norma bokförlagNilsson, S. (2018). Det oförutsägbara klassrummet - utmaningar och möjligheter (1ed.). In: Olof Franck & Peder Thalén (Ed.), Interkulturell religionsdidaktik: utmaningar och möjligheter (pp. 109-129). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB
Experiences of Islamic and ´Western´ Education in Sweden and Britain [2014-06423_VR]; Södertörn University; Publications
Berglund, J. (2017). Secular normativity and the religification of Muslims in Swedish public schooling. Oxford Review of Education, 43(5), 524-535Berglund, J. (2017). The Study of Islamic Education: A Litmus Test on State Relations to Muslim Minorities. In: Steffen Führding (Ed.), Method and Theory in the Study of Religion: Working Papers from Hannover (pp. 232-258). Brill Academic Publishers
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