In Norway, 9 out of 10 children between the ages of one and five participate in an educational formation programme which, despite around half of the kindergartens being privately owned, is regulated by a common law and ...

Når det i Stortingsmelding nr. 32 (2000–2001) slås fast at «KRL er et ordinært skolefag» og ikke en arena for forkynnelse eller trospåvirkning, er vi i løpet av få generasjoner kommet ganske langt fra normalplanenes ...

How are the exemption provisions due to personal belief managed in Norwegian schools today? How many parents and students claim exemptions from parts of the teaching? This article presents some results from an empirical ...

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger and Jürgen Habermas met in Munich on the 19th of January 2004 to discuss the topic "The Pre-political Moral Foundations of a Free State." However, in the aftermath of the papers, another and more ...

The question of religion in the public sphere is an important issue in many Western countries today that is characterised by disintegration of Christian hegemony (secularization), and by the emergence of religious diversity. ...

In most Western countries, a compulsory education system plays a key role in societal integration. This article discusses how the Norwegian model of education, its values base and religious education, contribute to integration ...

This article is based on an empirical study focusing on how the headmasters in Norway understand their role of being put in charge of the compulsory education, and their freedom of action in connection with religious ...

De fleste grunnskolene i Norge viderefører praksisen med å delta på gudstjenester i skoletiden en av dagene før juleferien eller ved slutten av skoleåret. Denne praksisen er i økende grad blitt problematisert i de siste ...

One of the major challenges facing modern-day secular states is the issue of social integration. The issue discussed in this article is how it is possible to arrive at unifying values in a multicultural society that is ...