中原大學宗教教育之理念與宗教課程定位之探究

大學的教育裡注入宗教的教育，已經是目前教育學者的共識。然而，針對大學的宗教教育，是否應當保持信仰中立的態度，只能客觀的介紹；以及宗教教育在私立宗教大學裡的定位，都是亟需探討的議題。本文將以中原大學為例，探討中原大學以基督愛世之忱的精神立校，如何自建校起，即注重宗教教育。從宗教哲學課程的設立、師資聘任的考量、教材編寫的過程、教育宗旨與理念的制訂，以及將宗教教育安置於「天、人、物、我」的全人教育觀裡，到宗教學術研究的發展，加以梳理並分析。希望以中原大學為例，做為大學宗教教育與課程的參考。

關鍵字

基督教大學；教育理念；宗教教育

並列摘要

Including religion education in college curriculum has been a common concern recently. However, whether the course should be neutral and objective remains an issue to be tacked. Moreover, how it gets taught in a private university in Taiwan needs a further research. Taking Chung Yua Christian University as an example, this paper addresses all issues of the curriculum of religion education, such as the religion philosophy, teacher employment, teaching materials, as well as how the religion education under the concept of ＂the universe, humans, matter, and the self＂ gets placed, are fully discussed and analyzed, with a hope that all the remarks made from this research could be of some help to other universities whenever a similar course gets conducted in their arenas.