Comparative Research on the Treatment of Religion in Higher Education in Japan and South Korea

（1）讲习班：在2002年6月举行的日本宗教与社会研究协会第十届年会上，研究组织成员（包括附属海外研究人员）举办了题为“日本和韩国宗教教育的比较研究：如何在公共教育中对待”宗教”的研讨会。根据1990年以来对宗教教育的研究成果，我们进行了讨论，并提出了一个新的概念，即“宗教文化教育”，作为公立学校宗教教育的一种可能性，而不是传统的“宗教知识教育”或“审美情趣的培养”。鉴于最近信息社会和全球化的发展，将宗教视为跨文化教育的一个主题变得非常重要。这些讨论被收集成一本书，即《宗教与社会》的单独一卷，于2003年出版，其中部分论文将被翻译成英文，于2004年出版。（2）学生调查结果：2003年2月和3月，对日本和韩国学生的宗教态度进行了访谈调查。调查结果显示，韩国学生对宗教的态度比日本学生积极，韩国学生对宗教教育的评价也更积极。此外，调查显示，在韩国，母亲的宗教信仰在形成子女的宗教观方面发挥了重要作用。（3）成果收集与联合出版会议：2002年6月、2004年3月、2004年2月，日本和韩国研究人员举行了会议。在上次会议上，讨论了出版一本研究论文集，以收集和审查我们的成果。

(1)Workshop: A workshop, entitled "Comparative Research on Religious Education in Japan and South Korea: How to treat 'Religion' in Public Education," was held by research organization members (including affiliated overseas researchers) at the tenth annual meeting of the Japanese Association for the Study of Religion and Society in June of 2002. Based on our results of having researched religious education in since 1990, discussions were held and a new categoly was proposed, "education on religious culture," as a possibility for religious education in public schools instead of the conventional 'education on religious knowledge" or "cultivation of aesthetic sentiments". In regard to recent advanced information societies and globalization, it becomes very important that religions are to be treated as a subject of cross-cultural education. These discussions were collected into a book, a separate volume of Shukyo to Shakai [Religion and Society], which was published in 2003, and part of these papers will be translated into English and published in 2004.(2)Results of Student Survey: Interview surveys of the religious attitudes of students in Japan and South Korea were conducted in February and March in 2003. Survey results suggest that South Korea students take a much positive attitude toward religion than Japanese students, and students in South Korea tend to positively evaluate the religious education they have had. Moreover the surveys revealed that in South Korea, the religious beliefs of mothers had an important role in forming their children's views about religion.(3)Collecting Results and Meetings for Joint Publishing: In June, 2002, March, and February, 2004, meetings were held by Japanese and South Korea researchers. At the last meeting, discussions were held about publishing a volume of research papers to collect and examine our results.