How to Train a Teacher of Spiritual and Moral Education

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A Y Grigorenko

Abstract

The future of any nation depends on how the younger generation learns and keeps spiritual and moral values and traditions. For modern Russia, which is going through a complicated phase in its development, this is all the more true. Nowadays, Russian society, and especially the younger generation, is still in a deep spiritual and moral crisis such as drug and alcohol abuse, the world’s highest suicide rates, abortions. Many perceive the current situation in Russian society as a threat to national security and express the need for urgent action to ensure the spiritual and moral education of youth. This article argues that learning the basics of religious culture and secular ethics in public schools does not violate the right to freedom of conscience, but on the contrary—it is the manifestation and further development of ethnic, religious and intercultural tolerance, which deepens inter-ethnic, interreligious and intercultural dialogue, and provides a form of spiritual and moral grounding for youth.

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