Konfessionslosigkeit und religiöse Bildung in anderen Religionen und Ländern

Abstract

Non-denominationalism appears as a complex and ambiguous phenomenon. The article offers criteria and develops typological structures in order to characterize the construction of membership and renouncing membership in different world religions (section 1) and to describe religious educational approaches to non-denominationals in different European countries (section 2). Exemplifying this survey there are some details given on dealing with pupils without religious commitment in England and modern Israel (section 3). Summarizing these observations the author marks one major challenge for RE, that is both to respect non-denominationalism and to drag non-denominationals and denominationals into struggling for a suitable interpretation of reality.