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Religious Issues in Russian Schools: Legal View

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  • Nadezhda Knyaginina

    (National Research University Higher School of Economics)

  • Szymon Jankiewicz

    (National Research University Higher School of Economics)

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In different countries of the world the place of religion in education differs. In most of the European countries teaching of religion in public (or state-funded) school exists in one form or another. In Russia religious education can be received by the student at his or her own discretion or at discretion of the parents in the religious educational establishment. Education in public (state and municipal) organizations engaged in educational activity has a strictly secular nature. This principle is implemented in the Russian legislation and practice is most visible in disputes arising at the crossroad of religion and education as resolved by Russian courts. The most disputed issues concern the regulation of school uniform and the teaching of subjects ‘Fundamentals of Religious cultures and secular ethics’ and ‘Fundamentals of spiritual and moral culture of Russian nations’ as a compulsory subject in public schools. The court practice on the issue keeps developing, but it's analysis shows that the secular nature of education in Russia is not so undoubted as it may seem

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  • Nadezhda Knyaginina & Szymon Jankiewicz, 2017. "Religious Issues in Russian Schools: Legal View," HSE Working papers WP BRP 76/LAW/2017, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
  • Handle: RePEc:hig:wpaper:76/law/2017
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    education; secular character; religion; religious education; school uniform; Russia;
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    • K30 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - General

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