A Point of View Regarding Religious Education. A Call for Cooperative Denominational Religious Education

Novonastala situacija u školi stavlja školski vjeronauk pred nove izazove. Nastavni se planovi liberaliziraju, neke škole dobivaju sve više autonomije, a u Njemačkoj je skraćeno i trajanje gimnazijskog obrazovanja. Stoga su "slabiji predmeti", kao što su glazbeni i sportski odgoj, ali i vjeronauk i etika, stavljeni u drugi plan. Međutim, nestanak mnogih tradicija u društvu i složenost suvremenoga svijeta pozivaju na usmjeravanje i postavljaju pitanja o smislu života. Školski vjeronauk može i mora pomoći učenicima u pronalaženju samih sebe i u tumačenju svijeta postavljajući tako čvrste temelje sposobnosti osobnog snalaženja u životu. Vjeronauk mora imati stalno mjesto u svim godištima školovanja i ne smije se zanemarivati zbog praktičnih školskih razloga.
The new situation in the school system presents new challenges for religious education. Teaching plans are liberalized, some schools receive more autonomy, and in Germany the duration of high school education has been diminished. Consequently, the "weaker subjects", such as music and sports education, and religion and ethics, are relegated to the background. However, the disappearance of many traditions in society and the complexity of today's world call for guidance and ask questions about the meaning of life. School religious education can and must help students in finding themselves and offer an interpretation of the world by setting a firm foundation for helping students to cope in life. Religious education must have a permanent place in all years of education and should not be neglected for practical reasons.
Neue Entwicklungen in den Schulen bringen den Religionsunterricht in Gefahr. Die Lehrplane werden liberalisiert, die einzelnen Schulen erhalten immer mehr Autonomie, in Deutschland wurde auch die Dauer des Gymnasiums verkurzt. Dies fuhrt dazu, dass "weiche Fächer", wie Musik und Sport, aber auch Religion und Ethik, im Schulalltag zurückstehen müssen. Der Abbruch vieler Traditionen in der Gesellschaft und die Unübersichtlichkeit der modernen Welt rufen aber nach Orientierung und werfen Fragen nach dem Lebenssinn auf. Religionsunterricht kann und soll zur Selbstfindung und Weltdeutung helfen und damit ein festes Fundament der Handlungsfähigkeit im Leben legen. Er muss seinen festen Platz in allen Jahrgangsstufen haben und darf nicht aus schulpraktischen Erwägungen benachteiligt werden.