Religious Education and Prejudice among Students Taking the Course Studies of Religion

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This article examines a study of a sample of Australian final year students who completed the New South Wales1 (NSW) Higher School Certificate (HSC) course Studies of Religion. It compares the attitudes of these students towards religion and religions with a similar sample of students who completed other final year religion courses. All the students in the sample were attending religiously affiliated schools for their senior years of study. This study was developed from an initial pilot study and the students completed an initial survey in the first term of their Year 11 and a second survey at the end of their third term in Year 12. The data were analysed using both SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) and the qualitative data analysis solutions for research professionals, NUDIST2 (Non‐numerical Unstructured Data: Indexing, Searching and Theorizing). The article discusses the effect of formal study of religion on the attitude of students towards religion and other religions.

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