Date
11-1982
Department
Seminary
Degree
Master of Arts (MA)
Chair
Ralph D. Mawdaley
Primary Subject Area
Education, Religious; Religion, General
Recommended Citation
Kumnick, David I., "Religious Education in South Australian Public Schools" (1982). Masters Theses. 104.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/masters/104
Abstract
In 1972 the Education Act of South Australia was revised so as to make compulsory the teaching of religion in public schools. The major church leaders in South Australia held pro-Christian views about the form the new religious education should assume. Certain factors, most obviously a vigorous humanist campaign conducted during 1974 and 1975, wrought a dramatically different religious education syllabus. Convinced that the Christian religion was not being accorded its proper place, the church leaders finally lodged a united complaint with the Education Department of South Australia in 1979. The problem confronting all concerned South Australian Christians in 1982 is this: what should be the Christians' attitude towards the current public school religious education program and what action, if any, should they take?
