Despite the strong status of denominational religious education (RE) in the German constitution this organizational form of RE finds itself increasingly under pressure at state schools. Reasons for this development are among others the shrinking percentage of baptized people in Germany, problems in organising this form of RE at school and the discussion on the role of religion in civil society. Concerning the future of RE four options can be determined that need to be discussed: denominational RE, cooperative RE, integrative RE and Moral Education instead of RE. This article presents a survey of 228 school principals who have introduced a cooperative RE at their school to find out which form of RE they prefer for which reasons. The results show that they prefer integrative RE (M = 4.07) over cooperative RE (M = 4.00). Moral Education does not get much support (M = 2.57), but still more than denominational RE (M = 2.27). Regression analysis gives evidence that issues like organizational aspects (for example size of the school) and educational goals (for example views on “taking position in RE”) predict the principals’ preferences. These results provide first impressions of an important group of people within the educational system who have hardly been considered in the discussion about how religion should be taught in the future.

尽管在德国宪法中宗派宗教教育（RE）具有很强的地位，但这种组织形式的RE越来越受到公立学校的压力。造成这种发展的原因包括德国受洗人数的减少，在学校组织这种形式的可再生能源的问题以及关于宗教在民间社会中作用的讨论。关于可再生能源的未来，可以确定四个需要讨论的选择：宗派可再生能源，合作可再生能源，综合可再生能源和德育而不是可再生能源。本文介绍了对228位学校校长的调查，他们在学校引入了合作式RE，以了解出于何种原因他们更喜欢哪种形式的RE。结果表明，与合作型RE（M = 4.00）相比，他们更喜欢集成型RE（M = 4.07）。德育没有得到太多的支持（M = 2.57），但仍然超过教派的RE（M = 2.27）。回归分析提供了证据，证明组织方面（例如学校规模）和教育目标（例如对“在RE中担任职位”的看法）等问题可以预测校长的偏好。这些结果给教育系统中的重要人物留下了第一印象，这些人在有关未来如何教授宗教的讨论中几乎没有被考虑过。