 religion as a subject in the uk religion as a subject in the uk barsha mer 29092021 1441 religion ethics worldviews art human rights philosophy democracy and citizenship are just a few of the topics covered in re in the united kingdom religious education re is a compulsory subject of the basic curriculum though not the national curriculum for all students in local government schools although schools are required to offer re parents have the option of withdrawing their kids for all or part of the courses once they reach the age of 18 students can opt to withdraw children should be aware of various major religions and global viewpoints in today s diverse society re lets many children and teenagers know about individuals who are different from themselves as well as encounter people that follow different religion or belief respect for people irrespective of their beliefs ethnicity or socioeconomic class is emphasized in re it motivates students to seek and develop their own values as well as learn and respect other s ideas and practices while also teaches to appreciate others who have opinions that differ from their own moreover it allows students to overcome prejudice when there is a rise of extremism divisiveness and hatred in the world religion in schools receives a poor rap far too frequently critics contend that it has no place in schools which they think should be neutral devoid of intolerance illiberalism and extremism that religion fosters they argue that faith is unimportant in everyday life and that it should be kept in church for those that visit some parents refuse to make their children enroll in re classes nonreligious and secularists parents may do so because they do not want religion to brainwash their children in the west most re instructors are openly christian and religion is presented largely without criticism with an emphasis on festivals calendar dates and all foundational myths being discussed as truth religion adherents also keep their children out of re courses because they don t want them to be corrupted by opposing religions teachings in summary both groups of individuals are concerned that their children will be endangered just by knowing about faiths and the final group are bigots and the only way to stop them is to make sure that their kids receive re lessons so they may understand about other people s beliefs throughout the world when re concentrates solely on one religion or is delivered by an extremely religious instructor who is unable to educate impartially problems occur religious instructors should be liberal who are unconcerned with any specific set of ideas and are capable of criticizing them all including re as a school subject may create isolation and ignorance in a pluralistic and diverse society however in times like this where the society is diversified re is more essential now than it has ever been religion ethics worldviews art human rights philosophy democracy and citizenship are just a few of the topics covered in re in the united kingdom religious education re is a compulsory subject of the basic curriculum though not the national curriculum for all students in local government schools although schools are required to offer re parents have the option of withdrawing their kids for all or part of the courses once they reach the age of 18 students can opt to withdraw children should be aware of various major religions and global viewpoints in today s diverse society re lets many children and teenagers know about individuals who are different from themselves as well as encounter people that follow different religion or belief respect for people irrespective of their beliefs ethnicity or socioeconomic class is emphasized in re it motivates students to seek and develop their own values as well as learn and respect other s ideas and practices while also teaches to appreciate others who have opinions that differ from their own moreover it allows students to overcome prejudice when there is a rise of extremism divisiveness and hatred in the world religion in schools receives a poor rap far too frequently critics contend that it has no place in schools which they think should be neutral devoid of intolerance illiberalism and extremism that religion fosters they argue that faith is unimportant in everyday life and that it should be kept in church for those that visit some parents refuse to make their children enroll in re classes nonreligious and secularists parents may do so because they do not want religion to brainwash their children in the west most re instructors are openly christian and religion is presented largely without criticism with an emphasis on festivals calendar dates and all foundational myths being discussed as truth religion adherents also keep their children out of re courses because they don t want them to be corrupted by opposing religions teachings in summary both groups of individuals are concerned that their children will be endangered just by knowing about faiths and the final group are bigots and the only way to stop them is to make sure that their kids receive re lessons so they may understand about other people s beliefs throughout the world when re concentrates solely on one religion or is delivered by an extremely religious instructor who is unable to educate impartially problems occur religious instructors should be liberal who are unconcerned with any specific set of ideas and are capable of criticizing them all including re as a school subject may create isolation and ignorance in a pluralistic and diverse society however in times like this where the society is diversified re is more essential now than it has ever been  