01167nam a22001097a 4500008004100000100002200041245007500063260001600138300003500154520085200189773001601041210223b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aLoffler, Winfried  aSecular reasons for confessional religious education in public schools  a Daedalus    a149(3), Summer 2020: p.119-134  aThe cultural importance of religion and its ambiguous potential effects on the stability of liberal democracy and the rule of law recommend including information about religions in public school curricula. In certain contexts, there are even good secular reasons to have this done by teachers approved by the religious communities for their respective groups of pupils, as is being practiced in various European states (with a possibility of opting out, with ethics as a substitute subject in some schools). Is this practice compatible with the religious neutrality of states? An illustrative analysis shows how suitable criteria for the admission of religious groups to offering religious education can block the objection of undue preference. Like any solution in this field, it is not immune to theoretical and practical problems. - Reproduced   a Daedalus