Abstract
The current article fervently acknowledges the general agreement that Lesotho had never experienced a stable democracy ever since the ultimate attainment of political independence in 1966. Among other possible solutions proposed to the problem of Lesotho’s democratic instability, citizenship education dominates government documents and various works regarding the political discourse. Although there is this pervasive recognition of the needed political educational intervention, there is no explicit direction on how to properly introduce the envisaged citizenship education. The article valiantly attempts bridging this visible gap by carefully probing the published literature to propose the meaningful integration of citizenship education with religious education. The discussion was guided by the critical use of the post-secular theoretical framework. The article highlights that, coupled with post-Christianity, post-secular theory undoubtedly provided a workable framework for the meaningful integration of secular (political citizenship) and religious essences for the promotion of democratic stability in Lesotho. The article logically concludes by showing that the proposed integration of citizenship education in religious education is within acceptable philosophical modes of proper education.
Highlights
There is sufficiently prevailing consensus that Lesotho has never experienced a stable democracy ever since political independence
Religious education can contribute to the promotion of stable democracy only if religious knowledge and experiences are incorporated into the socio-political life of a learner
Integrating citizenship education in religious education is likely to contribute positively to the successful promotion of the highly anticipated democratic stability in Lesotho. It may not be as prompt as the national Vision 2020 had projected
Summary
There is sufficiently prevailing consensus that Lesotho has never experienced a stable democracy ever since political independence. The fittingly single keywords included Lesotho’s political democracy, citizenship education, religious education, secularisation, and postsecularism.
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