God’s people and fundamentalist ideology in the classroom: An examination of free presbyterian schooling in northern ireland

Religion and Education

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-58

  Southern, Neil ^a  

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EID: 84922432845     PISSN: 15507394     EISSN: 19498381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15507394.2004.10012332     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Ian Paisley, “Why No Free Protestant Would Swallow The Ecumenical Pill,” Sermon, Martyrs Memorial Production, Belfast, n.d.
2. The Democratic Unionist Party was established in 1971 and is now the leading Unionist party in Northern Ireland with 30 members elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly on the 26th November 2003 election.
3. Dennis Cooke, Persecuting Zeal A Portrait of Ian Paisley (Dingle: Brandon, 1996), 41-68.
4. Nancy Ammerman, Bible Believers, (New Bruswick: Rutgers University Press, 1987), 174 -184.
5. Interview with Free Presbyterian parent, 14th March 2000.
6. Interview with Principal Bangor Independent Christian School, 25th September 2003.
7. The Bible, Proverbs, chapter 13 verse 24.
8. Lionel Caplan, Religious Fundamentalism, (London: Macmillan Press, 1987), 15.
9. James Barr, Fundamentalism, (London: SCM Press, 1977).
10. Interview with Ian Paisley, Moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church, 7th July 2003.
11. Interview with Ian Paisley, 7th July 2003.
12. Roy Wallis and Steve Bruce, Sociological Theory, Religion and Collective Action (Belfast: Queen’s University Belfast, 1986), 87.
13. The Synod met 1618-1619 in order to articulate systematically the teachings of John Calvin in answer to the theological doctrines associated with the teachings of Jacobus Arminius.
14. The Character and Code of Newtownabbey Independent Christian School.
15. Interview with Principal of Newtownabbey Independent Christian School, 2nd March 2000.
16. Education for Mutual Understanding was made a statutory aspect of the curriculum for schools in Northern Ireland following the Education Reform (NI) Order 1989. Due to the fact that only 3% of pupils in Northern Ireland are taught in religiously integrated schools, sectarian realities are a structural feature of the education system. EMU was intended to improve community relations by inter-school contact, a formal curriculum that encouraged respect for diversity and a school ethos that reflected toleration, fairness and openness. It was hoped that by the age of 16 pupils not only would have a positive knowledge of other faiths, but been in contact with members of the ‘other’ religious community.
17. Ian Paisley, “The Conspiracy to Indoctrinate the Children Attending State Schools,” Sermon, Martyrs Memorial Production, Belfast, n.d.
18. Ivan Foster, Stealing Our Children Away (Free Presbyterian Church n.d.), 1.
19. Stealing Our Children Away Foster, Stealing, 4.
20. Ivan Foster, Present Trends In Education, (Free Presbyterian Church n.d.), 3.
21. Interview with Principal of Bangor Independent Christian School, 9th June 1999.
22. Interview with Principal of Newtownabbey Independent Christian School, 2th March 2000.
23. Protestant Telegraph, 12th August 1972, 5.
24. Frank Wright, ‘Protestant Ideology and Politics in Ulster’, Archives Europeannes de Sociologie 15, (1973): 226.
25. Interview with Principal of Newtownabbey Independent Christian School 2th March 2000.