THE IMPORTANCE OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN SCHOOL
THE IMPORTANCE OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN SCHOOL

Summary/Abstract: In order to be a moral person, of outstanding character, a person must pass through the natural stages of education. As its primary functions, religious education focuses on the building of the character, and the fulfilment of personalities in love and holiness. This is the ideal goal of religious education. Religious, moral education represents that dimension of education which seeks the building and development of the conscience and moral conduct of a person’s character. Especially, religion teachers make it their mission to propose to students, especially through personal example, a type of lifestyle. The true model for the Christian educator is Our Savior Jesus Christ. Religion is not a science in the conventional meaning of the word. It is much more. It is knowledge and experience. Religion is defined as a spiritual phenomenon, pure and universal, based on an innate predisposition inside man. It is confessed through experience and a religious life, supported by love, faith, and the grace of God.

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