Secularism and Religious Education in India

The issue of religious education has been raised on several occasions in pre-and post-independence India but has always been abandoned in the end, without arriving at any definite conclusions. This is partly due to the excessive stress laid on rational, scientific and technological education and par...

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Authors: Pateria, Varlaxmi (Author) ; Pateria, A. K. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dharmaram College 1984
In: Journal of Dharma
Year: 1984, Volume: 9, Issue: 4, Pages: 374-379
Further subjects:B Education
B Secularism
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Summary:The issue of religious education has been raised on several occasions in pre-and post-independence India but has always been abandoned in the end, without arriving at any definite conclusions. This is partly due to the excessive stress laid on rational, scientific and technological education and partly to an erroneous and vague understanding of secularism, which India has promulgated as its key principle along with the acceptance of democracy. The present paper attempts to examine the concept of secularism as stated in the Constitution of India and to examine the permissibility of religious education within its scope.
ISSN:0253-7222
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma