01263nam a22001457a 4500 516312 516312 210223b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Loffler, Winfried 25085 Secular reasons for confessional religious education in public schools Daedalus 149(3), Summer 2020: p.119-134 The 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 Daedalus RELIGION AND EDUCATION AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 390404 IIPA IIPA 2021-02-23 149(3), Summer 2020: p.119-134 AR124391 2021-02-23 AR