RE should include interfaith rather than being removed from schools, argues Theology professor

RE should include interfaith rather than being removed from schools, argues Theology professor Students of Mater Dei Academy in Cork, Ireland, enjoy the sunshine outside the school’s home at Farranferris Education and Training Campus. Photo: OSV News /courtesy Mater Dei Academy.

Religious Education in Irish schools should provide a broader, “more robust interfaith and religiously pluralist curricula”, Dr Peter Admirand, professor of Theology and director of the Centre for Interreligious Dialogue at Dublin City University, has argued in an opinion article published by the Irish Examiner. Nicholas Cuddihy, Education Nation podcast host, has said that Dr…

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