Religious education in European schools. Situation and trends

The book offers the reader a systematic overview of the forms and methods of organizing religious education and teaching knowledge about religion in European schools. The collection covers more than thirty European countries, thirteen of which are countries of the former socialist camp. The authors of the articles - recognized experts known to the international scientific community for their publications on pedagogical and religious topics - describe the situation with school religious education "from within", paying attention to both historical aspects of the system in their country and today's issues. national experience is one of the main advantages of the collection. Another advantage that distinguishes the publication among thematic analogues is the level of scientific criticism and reflection on the described approaches. The articles are based on a single plan, which includes a description of the demographic situation, the structure of the educational system, current legislation in the field of religion and school, the current practice of these relations, the history of its formation and challenges. For the members of the editorial board, this is not the first, but certainly the most successful fruit of many years of work on the systematization of existing approaches in modern Europe to the implementation of the religious component of school education. The book can be recommended as a basic reference guide for a wide range of professionals (teachers, lawyers, philosophers, education managers, etc.) dealing with religious, religious, spiritual and moral education, education and development of students and other school activities, somehow related to religion. In the situation of the current shortage of translated scientific literature of pedagogical specialization, acquaintance with the materials of the collection can be extremely useful during the training and retraining of educators engaged in relevant fields.

The book offers the reader a systematic overview of the forms and methods of organizing religious education and teaching knowledge about religion in European schools. The collection covers more than thirty European countries, thirteen of which are countries of the former socialist camp. The authors of the articles - recognized experts known to the international scientific community for their publications on pedagogical and religious topics - describe the situation with school religious education "from within", focusing on historical aspects of the system in their country and today's issues. Authentic presentation of national experience is one of the main advantages of the collection. Another advantage that distinguishes the publication from thematic analogues is the level of scientific criticism and reflection on the described approaches. The articles are based on a single plan, including a description of the demographic situation, the structure of the educational system, current legislation in the field of religion and school, the current practice of this relationship, the history of its formation and challenges that this practice meets today. For the members of the editorial board, this is not the first, but certainly the most successful fruit of many years of work on the systematization of existing in modern Europe approaches to the implementation of the religious component of school education. The book can be recommended as a basic reference guide for a wide range of professionals (teachers, lawyers, philosophers, education managers, etc.) dealing with religious, religious, spiritual and moral education, upbringing and development of students, as well as other school activities. somehow related to religion. In the situation of the current shortage of translated scientific literature of pedagogical specialization, acquaintance with the materials of the collection can be extremely useful during the training and retraining of educators engaged in relevant fields.