ABSTRACT
Citizenship has often been regarded by its political and educational proponents to be a largely secular domain. National and international initiatives in citizenship education have thus, historically, tended to neglect the role of religion. Explanation for citizenship’s prior neglect of religion lies with complex historical relationships between religion, politics and education. Yet one of the increasingly evident changes in the nature and content of citizen education is a reversal of this trend. This chapter extends national and international developments in the fields of citizenship and religious education and tries to place these educational developments into historical and political context.
