religious instruction

Sunday school lessons

Religious instruction is teaching about religion, typically within a faith tradition rather than as academic study.

The term often appears in legal and educational contexts: The school offers religious instruction after hours.

It may refer to formal catechism, Sunday school classes, or any systematic effort to transmit religious beliefs and practices to children or converts.

Opposites
sacred vs. secular content

religious instructionsecular education

Instruction without religious doctrine

science education · civic education · STEM education · civics education · state education

doctrinal vs. critical approach

religious instructionskeptical inquiry

Evidence-demanding examination of claims

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