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
- Thực hành
- Catechism, Sunday school, seminary education
- Key Text
- Deuteronomy 6:7; Matthew 28:19-20; 2 Timothy 2:2
Islam
- Thực hành
- Madrasa education; halaqah (study circle); ilm (knowledge) as duty
- Key Text
- Quran 96:1-5, 58:11
Judaism
- Thực hành
- Yeshiva; Torah study as highest mitzvah; Talmud Torah
- Key Text
- Deuteronomy 6:6-7; Joshua 1:8; Pirke Avot 1:2
Hinduism
- Thực hành
- Gurukula — residential study with a guru; Vedic learning
- Key Text
- Bhagavad Gita 4:34; Taittiriya Upanishad 1.3
Buddhism
- Thực hành
- Monastic universities (Nalanda model); oral Dhamma transmission
- Key Text
- AN 4.186; MN 22 (Alagaddupama Sutta)