Abstract:
The truth is that what most scientists seek in our time is to avoid the term catechetical RE, while any use of the term confessional or non-confessional RE, is implicitly thought of as affirmative or negative. So it is very useful to accept that we will use the terms confessional and nonconfessional to determine to whom the organization and teaching of the subject belongs, and we will further identify them as far as possible with the terms of a) monoreligious (especially one religion, but also other religions and worldviews) or multireligious and b) catechetical or noncatechetical when its express intention is to integrate someone into a religious community through teaching and religious practice or not. We believe that this is a more honest and clear definition of RE. Again, it is worth noting that all the above concern RE, that is, the subject of the state school curriculum and not school religious education generally, which is offered at school through other means other than the lesson, such as worship, celebrations etc. That means that RE as a subject may be non-confessional, mono-religious and non-catechetical while school religious education may be confessional, monoreligious and catechetical (e.g. in the case of Greece, after 2016).
