Faith School Menace?
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Original title | Faith School Menace? |
Country of production | United Kingdom |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 2010 |
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Director | Molly Milton |
script | Richard Dawkins |
production | Russell Barnes |
camera | Steve Gray |
cut | Matt Platts-Mills |
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Richard Dawkins |
Faith School Menace? ( Eng: School of Faith Threat? ) is a British television documentary published by Richard Dawkins . Dawkins also leads the film as an interviewer and narrator. It examines the reasons, practices and dangers of religious schools in Britain. The film was first shown on More4 in August 2010 .
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Dawkins interviews parents who have feigned religiosity to get their children into government-sponsored schools. Dawkins investigates whether children don't pay a high price for being sent to religious schools. The only religious school willing to interview Dawkins was the Islamic Madami High School . The teacher claims that one is open and that the children are encouraged to think for themselves, but nevertheless they all come to the same conclusion, namely that evolutionary biology should be rejected. He then interviews the students on scientific topics and finds that they show a great deal of ignorance. A British Muslim regrets that migrants are voluntarily withdrawing into isolation. Dawkins fears that religious schools will lead to tribalism . As an example, he gives Northern Ireland, where the population is 95% separated by the education system. The denominationally mixed schools are only 5%. He also interviews a priest who is of the opinion that religious schools have nothing separating them. Former Home Secretary Charles Clarke was interviewed about why religious schools were reintroduced under the Blair administration . He said he had abandoned the previous policy of not supporting religious schools because not supporting religious schools was "political suicide". Dawkins also quotes from the Church of England policy that one should target the children who have no faith. Andre Cobson, from the British Humanist Association is another interviewee.
swell
- The Scotsman 19 August 2010 review
- The Guardian August 19, 2010 review
- The Independent August 19, 2010 review
Web links
- Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science Faith School Menace?
- Faith School Menace on atheistdiscussion.com
- Faith School Menace? in the Internet Movie Database (English)