ABSTRACT — This research explores the relationship between individuals (a) orientations toward religion and spirituality with (b) their sense of the purpose of public schooling. Evidence suggests that there are a number of areas where there is a statistically significant relationship between a person’s spirituality and what they think about what schools should be accomplishing. These relationships are separate from topics regularly associated with tensions between public school and religious views (e.g. prayer in school, the teaching of evolution, the use of voucher systems, etc.), suggesting that how education itself is conceived of is somehow related to an individual’s internal religious and/or spiritual orientation. The research is the result of a mixed-method qualitative and quantitative pilot study based on a small national survey (N=125) in the US.
Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 4pm ET Heidi Hadley, Auburn University The “literacy” part of religious literacy is not just a metaphor for knowing something about
Wednesday, July 23 — 2pm (ET) Join us for a conversation about the article we published earlier this year, “Mapping the Field of K-12 Religious Literacy Education: A Working Report” (Soules and del Nido, 2025), what we learned in that process, and what is next for the overall project of trying to better understand our field.
We are starting a new reading group on religious literacy education. This reading group aims to create a space for scholars, practitioners, and other stakeholders to discuss new research, examine issues in the field, and sharpen our thinking on our common project. The group will meet monthly, with each meeting focusing on discussion of an article or chapter in the field.