Teaching of religion worldwide

The specific case you may be referring to is the one in Odessa, TX, some 60 miles down the interstate from here. For more information: shortened linkYes, the problem is that the class is more about converting the students to the fundamentalist viewpoint instead of presenting a non-sectarian learning experience.I'm not sure that a truly neutral class in comparative religion prior to college is even possible here. It will either be considered a threat to the personal inerrency assumed by the fundamentalists, or sheer high pressure propaganda to convert by everyone else.ABE - sorry about the wide margins caused by the NYT linkEdited by anglagard, : marginsEdited by AdminJar, : No reason given.

Every student when and where? In California in the late 60s we had no study of mythology or comparative religion until the 10th grade Geography class in 73. I asked my daughter, who by some coincidence is in the same state as jar, what mythology or comparative religion she was taught. The answer is none until she had to read Hamilton's Mythology prior to her G/T English class in the 9th grade.So I guess when you say every student, I was wondering which every you were referring to? The only mythology currently taught prior to the 8th grade in Texas is called Texas history.