RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN RUSSIA

 

Anatoly Alexandrovich Kurchenkov¹, Andrey Andreevich Paukov²

¹Professor of the Department of Physical Culture and Sports, Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies, Revolution Avenue, 19, Voronezh, Russia,

E-mail: kurwol1952@yandex.ru

²Associate Professor of the Department of Physical Culture and Sports, Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies, Revolution Avenue, 19, Voronezh, Russia,

E-mail: fitwwc@mail.ru

 

Abstract

Radical socio-political transformations in Russia at the end of the XX century led to the activation of religion, the strengthening of its influence on various aspects of public life, including the sphere of education. The penetration of religion into the secular school, which until recently was extremely secularized, has generated and exacerbated the problem of "school and religion", which has been causing heated and not always constructive disputes in society for several years. The solution to this problem is not so much in the educational sphere, but in social, political, historical and other aspects. Nevertheless, it is necessary to develop and experimentally implement a new differentiated education strategy taking into account the prevailing historical realities. To this end, it seems appropriate to analyze the historical experience, take into account the educational practice of competing positions, but in fact approving various options for a single strategy of general religious studies education: confessional-oriented and secular-oriented.

Keywords: school, religion, education, government, church.