Concordia Theological Monthly
Article Title
Publication Date
2-1-1957
Document Type
Article
Keywords
public education, religion, religious schools, moral, spiritual, teaching, culture, democracy, political, secularization
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Abstract
To the traditional three R's in education many would place as the first a fourth R - Religion. Some maintain that Religion should be taught only in the schools of the church; some say that Religion or spiritual values should be taught in the schools of the state. Others have urged that the fourth R in modern education should be Right Relations or Human Relations. The debate touches on the question of basic objectives in education and involves the question of the relationship between church and state. It embraces the questions: Do the functions of the state include the teaching function? If so, what limitations, if any, are to be attached to this function?
Disciplines
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Submission Cost
Free
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Recommended Citation
Meyer, Carl S.
(1957)
"Religion in the Public Schools,"
Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 28, Article 7.
Available at:
https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol28/iss1/7
