Religious instruction: key to freedom or superfluous ballast?

Religious instruction: key to freedom or superfluous ballast?

religious instruction is still offered at schools as a basic subject that has established itself as well as German, mathematics or biology. The teacher Franziska Göppel from the Goethe-Gymnasium Weimar emphasizes the decisive role of religious education in our society. She emphasizes that this lesson not only embodies the right to religious freedom, as is stipulated in the Basic Law, but also offers the opportunity to live your own faith publicly, also in school context.

These findings are extremely relevant for the discussion about the importance of religious education in schools. The lessons not only promote religious education, but also a diverse and respectful examination of various faiths in our democratic society. Further details are in an article on www.meine-kirchenzeitung.de find.