TY - BOOK AU - Simone Hummert PY - 2005 CY - München, Germany PB - GRIN Verlag SN - 9783638420808 TI - Religion in Public Schools DO - 10.3239/9783638420808 UR - https://www.hausarbeiten.de/document/44491 N2 - Religion in public schools is one of the most discussed issues in daily school life. The problem is that state and church are seperatet and noone is allowed in interfering in the authority of the other part. This essay deals with “Religion in Public Schools”. The differences between Germany and the United States should be compared and the different aspects will be described with the ulterior motive of religious freedom in both nations. In the first part the importance of religion will be pointed out, in addition the aspect “religion in every day school life” and futhermore the topic of religion as a subject will be discussed. This part is in regard to the whole essay the more thoretical section. The second part shows the practical paragraph of teaching religion as a subject, different approaches to teaching religion and the difficulties with different religious beliefs of students. The settlement is a summary where the main points are being combined with my own ideas and thougths. KW - Religion, Public, Schools, Landeskunde, Education, United, States LA - English ER -