ABSTRACT
From early civilisations until this day, religion and education have been close companions. While reliable statistics are difficult, guesstimates say that 50% of all education worldwide is religiously run education, making faith actors the largest education provider outside of public education systems. Their impact on the dissemination of values and the formation of character, and on the provision of education even “where the asphalt ends”, can hardly be overestimated. The discussion of the – ever ambivalent – role of religion in education is illustrated by Wendy Yee Mei Tien from a Buddhist Malaysian perspective.
