Parents urge Supreme Court to protect religious education

"Nothing in the Free Exercise Clause or the Establishment Clause permits the State to exclude private religious instruction ...
Boston University

Religious Education and The Challenge of Pluralism

The essays in this volume offer a groundbreaking comparative analysis of religious education, and state policies towards religious education in seven different countries and in the European Union as a ...
The Conversation

Making RE part of the national curriculum will promote tolerance – but only if it’s taught in the right way

An independent review of the national curriculum in England, commissioned by the government, has published its final report. One of the key recommendations is to work towards the addition of religious ...
nytimes.com

Religious Education Lost at the Supreme Court. But It’s Winning Everywhere Else.

The court rejected a religious charter school, but conservatives may get much of what they want in a school voucher program that passed the House this week. By Sarah Mervosh and Dana Goldstein A ...
Pew Research Center

6. Religion, fertility and child-rearing

The new Religious Landscape Study (RLS) shows that average family size varies by religious affiliation. To compare how many children are born to parents in various groups, we asked all respondents how ...
Boston University

Certificate in Religious Education

Completion of the Certificate in Religious Education requires five courses, following the requirements below. The certificate can be earned in conjunction with degree program requirements or as a ...
Washington Post

Supreme Court to decide whether states can allow religious public schools

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether the state of Oklahoma may fund a proposed Catholic charter school, a blockbuster case that could redraw the line between church and state by allowing ...
Greek Reporter

Greece Adds Ethics Classes in Schools as Alternative to Religious Education

Greece is introducing Ethics classes in secondary schools for students exempt from Religious Education starting in the ...
National Catholic Reporter

At 2024 religious ed congress, Catholics surrounded 'with great multitude'

For four days in February, the Anaheim Convention Center and Arena in California was transformed into a worship center, sacred space, parish, seminary and retreat grounds through the annual Los ...
The Indianapolis Star

Religious education program offered during school hours growing, but remains controversial

GARRETT, Ind. ― Every Tuesday during the school year, hundreds of students file out of J.E. Ober Elementary and climb on a red LifeWise Academy bus for a three-minute drive to an off-campus storage ...
Voice of America

Religious education surges under Taliban as secular schooling languishes

The number of madrassas, or religious schools, has increased fourfold under the Taliban in Afghanistan as experts worry that the rise could fuel extremism in the country and limit opportunities for ...