Rom og reiser i RLE. Innspill til pluralistisk og gjestfri RLE-didaktikk.

摘要

According to the curriculum the Norwegian religious education subject should be «objective, critical andpluralistic» (Curriculum for Religion, Philosophies of Life and Ethics 2008). In spite of this, normalityconstructs in RE can lead to othering and exoticism. This article discusses pluralistic RE. It is based on findingsfrom the PhD project «Hindu children in Religious Education in Norway. Agency, othering and constructsof normality». The findings from the project provide specific knowledge of Hindu children’s experienceswith RE in Norway. This knowledge has raised critical questions about normality constructs and alsolaid the groundwork for a larger discussion of issues related to children and RE more generally. This articlefocuses on certain aspects of pluralistic RE: how to develop a pluralistic and hospitable RE and to avoidothering and exoticism, using examples about iconography, religious practice and the significance of space.