Assignment On Religious Education.

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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
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Introduction
Religious education means the teaching of a particular religion and it provides
knowledge about various aspects such as its belief, Doctrine, rituals, customs rites and
personal roles. This type of education is different from academia. Religious education allows
the preservation of traditional values and etiquettes and integrates conservative beliefs
regarding the religion of an individual student. It helps the individual to understand their past
culture and enhances their capability to connect to their cultural heritage. Religious education
has also been considered to be the pillars of the communities. Each community carries a
particular thought or ideology that differentiates them from the whole world. To mark
themselves differently, each religion passes its literature, knowledge, and education to the
next generation (Goldman, 2018). Each religion has a distinct feature or pattern of teaching.
For example, while Hindus use pathshalas and gurukuls, there are madrasas for Muslims and
church reading for Christians.
Religion education not only confines the religious texts and doctrine for how a man
should live is life, but, often, talks about worldly views. Often, these religious scriptures try
to explain various natural phenomena. This literature talks about life, nature and every aspect
of it. They either completely contradict science or give a better explanation for the scientific
questions. As per the view of Goldman (2018), these religious scriptures make events
mystical and mysterious to make their followers and students believe that there are things
beyond human understanding. Some religions strongly talk about after-life and spirits.
Religion holds the community together. Religion tries to answer the questions of a person.
There are different religions but now we will discuss Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism.
Religious education
As stated by Stern (2018), Christianity is the most widely smeared religion in the
world and it has more than 2 billion followers. The faith of Christian is centered on the

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beliefs of birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Christian education tries to represent
the whole world through the aspect of God's truth. The main purpose of Christian education
is to promote good character and action of human beings. According to the Bible, having
wisdom and understanding is better wealth than having silver and gold, wisdom and
understanding are something that will never leave and will make one a better person. On the
other hand, according to Stern (2018), silver and gold may be expensive and enjoyable but
these are not permanent. Christian education provides an orbicular educational path to the
students that drivers them into a better opportunity that would not be available to them any
other way.
Islam is different from other religions in the world and it is a very dynamic
religion. The principal objective of Islamic education is to provide basic information to the
Muslim community that how to play, fast, etc. (Stern, 2019). According to Islam, to live
healthy and Secure Life, a person needs to be strong and sound mentally, physically and
socially and to maintain a balance between religious and social activities. Islamic education
tries to develop a love for Islam and to make them ready for any sacrifice for Islam and Islam
provides complete knowledge to the Muslim about simple Lifestyle that is the avoidance of
luxury (Hull, 2018). The principle of non- violence is a basic dogma of Buddhist education.
Buddhist education represents a higher form of humanity through ethical, intellectual and
perfection. The main aim of Buddhist education is Acquired knowledge. Buddhist education
improves our mental, moral, physical and intellectual development. According to Buddha, we
can be able to solve our problem with wisdom and we are also able to transform this suffering
into happiness. Buddhist education also reflects on spinning, accountancy, medicine, surgery,
etc. Buddhists always believe that nothing is permanent in this world and life is always
endless and uncertain. Moreover, Buddhist education makes a man more logical and
humanist.