“Dialogue”, “secularisation” and “pluralism” have been key concepts in international discussions concerning religion, public space and education for the past decades. As individuals have the right to express their freedom of religion, are supposed to debate about the differing views of a good life and should be treated equally as citizens, all of these three concepts also exist at public schools. The purpose of this volume is to enrich and compliment the discussion concerning religion in education by contextualising the respective phenomena into the current Finnish educational policy and practice, as well as by drawing together empirical and theoretical observations from several case analyses. Even though international comparative studies are integral for the development of knowledge on religion and education, this localised approach concentrating on the Finnish education system provides an interesting case for the analysis in many ways: The Finnish society is rather slowly becoming diverse and plural, whereas the processes of secularisation have recently been quite rapid. However, the multiculturalist awareness keeps increasing in this country renowned for its effectiveness and for excellent learning outcomes. weiterlesen