Religious Education in Public Schools: Study of Comparative Law

by Martinez Lopez-muniz, Jose Luis; Groof, Jan De; Lauwers, Gracienne

• ISBN13: 9781402038624
• ISBN10: 1402038623
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-16
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

Europe is going through a sort of "social revolution" with the influence of the church and religious instruction in state schools being open to discussion. Critics claim that providing religious instruction in state schools violates the constitutional separation of church and state. And yet, despite an alleged separation of church and state, in most countries, the church continues to play a considerable public role, especially in education. This publication is a compilation of studies on religious instruction in state schools. It describes the diversity between states and analyzes the legislative basis of religious instruction in various countries. Whereas in some countries, religious instruction in state schools is optional or compulsory with the possibility to opt out, in other countries religious instruction is banned from state schools. The comparative analyses in this book will be of great value to researchers in educational research and to educational policymakers. The chapters are written in the English, French, German, Italian and Spanish language.

Table of Contents

Presentacion	vii
Jose Luis Martinez Lopez-Muniz
La ensenanza de la religion en la escuela publica: panorama comparado e internacional; solucion espanola	1	(28)
Jose Luis Martinez Lopez-Muniz
La liberte de choix en ce qui concerne l'enseignement d'une religion ou de la morale non confessionnelle en Belgique -- Perspectives historiques de la relation Eglise-Etat	29	(42)
Jan De Groof
L'Insegnamento della religione cattolica in Italia	71	(24)
Sergio Cicatelli
Educacao Religiosa nas Escolas Estatais	95	(22)
Paulo Pulido Adragao e Diogo Goncalves
Religionsunterricht in Osterreich	117	(26)
Richard Potz
Brigitte Schinkele
The case of Germany	143	(12)
Hermann Avenarius
Religious education and collective worship in state schools: England and Wales	155	(16)
Paul Meredith
Religion, education and the law in Northern Ireland	171	(26)
Laura Lundy
Tony Gallagher
L'enseignement religieux dans les etablissements scolaires publics en France	197	(16)
Jean Morange
Prayer and religious activity in American Public Schools	213	(22)
Charles J. Russo
L'instruction religieuse dans l'enseigenment public primaire et secondaire en Grece	235	(24)
Theodore Fortsakis
EM Velegrakis
Religion and education in the Russian Federation	259	(18)
Gracienne Lauwers
Historical background to conflicts over religion in public schools	277
Charles L. Glenn