Posts Tagged ‘Bible in Schools’

Schools put onus back on churches

Tuesday, July 17th, 2012

In the most recent Census, almost a third of New Zealanders said they had “no religion”. As might be expected in an increasingly diverse society, far more people also aligned themselves to non-Christian religions, notably Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam. It is, therefore, somewhat unsurprising that there is increasing tension about the teaching of the Bible Read more

Geering says not enough religion in schools

Friday, July 13th, 2012

Sir Lloyd Geering believes there are good reasons for teaching religion in schools. He thinks parents’ confusion about the word “religion”,  can make them more likely to remove their children from religion classes. “I think ‘religion’ is probably a word that is confusing the whole situation. What we really should be talking about is culture. Read more