Can the Church Be Decolonized? Holy Cross Education in Bangladesh

Md. Shaikh Farid is Professor in the Department of World Religions and Culture at the University of Dhaka. He holds a Ph.D. on missionary education in Bangladesh from the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong. He also holds an Erasmus Mundus Master in Bioethics. His research interests include Catholic education, missionary education in Bangladesh, comparative education, ethics of reproductive technologies, and ethical issues in organ donation. He is Author of the book Caodaism: A Syncretistic Religion of Vietnam. His work has been published in Asian Bioethics Review, HEC Forum, International Studies in Catholic Studies, Religions, Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics, Journal of Sociology, Arts Faculty Journal, and Dhaka University Studies.Liz Jackson is Professor and Assistant Dean Research in the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong. She is also President of the Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong, Fellow and Past President of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, and Former Director of the Comparative Education Research Centre. She has published widely in philosophy and global studies of education. Her recent books include Contesting Education and Identity in Hong Kong (2021), Beyond Virtue: The Politics of Educating Emotions (2020), and Questioning Allegiance: Resituating Civic Education (2019).

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The Holy Cross in Bangladesh.- 3. The Case of Notre Dame College.- 4. The Case of Holy Cross College.- 5. Conclusion.