Religious Literacy in National Curricula of Estonia

Religious literacy may be seen as a prerequisite for religious freedom. This article analyzes how the development of is supported in curricula Estonian primary and secondary schools extent to which these guarantee We assume that developing not limited lessons Education but can also achieved taught. analyze national both basic upper understand represented, whether implicitly or explicitly. are particularly interested competencies freedom religion ensured state-funded schools. The texts analyzed according core curriculum analysis method model, identifies four stages literacy: examining category, engaging with disposition towards religions, building up relevant knowledge, promoting skills interact well multicultural society. shows dominant discourse related focuses on social future citizens, itself, vital skill operating modern world, scarcely mentioned. Instead, it present primarily an implicit concept, portrayed distant time space. Thus, this approach education contributes insufficiently needed contemporary