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Many countries wrestle with whether to include any kind of education about religion in public school lessons, and each one takes its own approach.
Recent Supreme Court decisions have signaled a shift in how the country’s highest court interprets the limits on religion in schools.
The overwhelming majority of Muslims in Mozambique reject the violence of the insurgents and their quest for a caliphate.
Using public funds to support students at private religious schools is one thing, but establishing faith-based institutions within public districts is another.
Perhaps the combination of religious rhetoric and secular laws is a winning electoral strategy.
The centrality of religion as a governing principle is cause for concern given the reversals of women’s rights seen globally.
The war in Ukraine is just the latest chapter in a long, tangled relationship between the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church.
Governed by a changeable body of ‘basic laws,’ Israel never settled basic questions like the rights of religious minorities. These destabilizing issues will continue to fester under a new government.
Educators walk an fine line when it comes to marking religious holidays. But in so doing, are they missing an opportunity for teachable moments on faith issues?
The history of education in the West is closely associated with Christian religious spaces – from the first cathedral schools to the use of churches to teach children in WWII.
There’s been a reversal of power between religious and secular sides of American culture. The Supreme Court is now at the center of that shift.
Thirty years after the Supreme Court ruled that creationism cannot be required in schools, ‘creation science’ is still taught in some schools. What are the implications for climate education?
President Trump claims that churches suffer from the over-regulation of their political speech. In reality, oversight is lax for religious groups and secular tax-exempt nonprofits alike.
Once again South Africa is facing the challenge of a compromised relationship between the state and the church. Is Nelson Mandela inadvertently responsible?
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Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
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