Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Hinduism
Buddhism
Education & Religious Learning
The transmission of sacred knowledge through teaching is vital to every tradition. From the yeshiva to the madrasa to the Buddhist monastic university, religious education preserves tradition and shapes the next generation of believers.
Across the World's Religions
Christianity
- Practice
- Catechism, Sunday school, seminary education
- Key Text
- Deuteronomy 6:7; Matthew 28:19-20; 2 Timothy 2:2
Islam
- Practice
- Madrasa education; halaqah (study circle); ilm (knowledge) as duty
- Key Text
- Quran 96:1-5, 58:11
Judaism
- Practice
- Yeshiva; Torah study as highest mitzvah; Talmud Torah
- Key Text
- Deuteronomy 6:6-7; Joshua 1:8; Pirke Avot 1:2
Hinduism
- Practice
- Gurukula — residential study with a guru; Vedic learning
- Key Text
- Bhagavad Gita 4:34; Taittiriya Upanishad 1.3
Buddhism
- Practice
- Monastic universities (Nalanda model); oral Dhamma transmission
- Key Text
- AN 4.186; MN 22 (Alagaddupama Sutta)