Religious education and teaching young people about humanity: Suggesting a new role for RE and for the academic study of religions in Sweden

This article is a suggestion for the rethinking of the role and purpose of religious education (RE) in Swedish public schools, in relation to two major recent reforms: of teachers training (2012) and of syllabi for RE (2011). Based on a notion of the ‘humanistic’ study of religions as he study of re...

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Main Author: Jonas Svensson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Finnish Society for the Study of Religion 2015-12-01
Series:Temenos
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Online Access:https://journal.fi/temenos/article/view/53567