The cultural importance of religion and its ambiguous potential effects on the stability of liberal democracy and the rule of law recommend including information about religions in public school curricula. In certain contexts, there are even good secular reasons to have this done by teachers approved by the religious communities for their respective groups of pupils, as is being practiced in various European states (with a possibility of opting out, with ethics as a substitute subject in some schools). Is this practice compatible with the religious neutrality of states? An illustrative analysis shows how suitable criteria for the admission of religious groups to offering religious education can block the objection of undue preference. Like any solution in this field, it is not immune to theoretical and practical problems.

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公立学校悔宗教教育的世俗原因

宗教的文化重要性及其对自由民主和法治稳定的模棱两可的潜在影响，建议在公立学校课程中纳入有关宗教的信息。在某些情况下，甚至有很好的世俗理由，要由宗教团体批准的针对各自学生群体的教师来完成这项工作，正如欧洲各个州所实行的那样（有可能选择退出，以道德作为替代主题）在某些学校）。这种做法与国家的宗教中立兼容吗？一项说明性分析表明，接纳宗教团体提供宗教教育的适当标准如何能够阻止对不当偏爱的反对。像该领域中的任何解决方案一样，它也无法避免理论和实践问题。