First published in 2005. Broadly speaking, church-state relations in education turn nowadays upon two chief issues: I. Should religion be taught in state schools? And if so, may the state interfere with the teaching? 2. In countries where separate schools, under church control, exist should they have a share of public funds? Church and state issues flare up anew whenever there appears a repressive government action or a dynamic drive of the churches for a larger share of privileges. Both occur frequently enough to make this World Year Book a lively read.

EDITORS' INTRODUCTION, GENERAL INTRODUCTION, SECTION I The Role of the Churches in Education: National and Historical Studies National Studies, CHAPTER ONE. Church and state in education: England and Wales, CHAPTER TWO. Church education in the United States of America, CHAPTER THREE. Church and state in French education, CHAPTER FOUR. Church and state in education in the Netherlands, CHAPTER FIVE. The role of the churches in education: Turkey, CHAPTER SIX. Church and state in education in Ceylon: an historical survey, CHAPTER SEVEN. The history of the secularization of thepublic school in the U.S.A., CHAPTER EIGHT. Secularism in Eastern Europe, CHAPTER NINE. The role of denominational instjtutions in the educational development of Pakistan, CHAPTER TEN. Mission schools in Africa, CHAPTER ELEVEN. Early church-state relations in African, SECTI0N II Theoretical and Practical Problems Theoretical Problems, CHAPTER ONE. Religion and the question of rights: philosophic and legal problems in European tradition, CHAPTER TWO. Morals without religion in continental Western Europe, CHAPTER THREE. State education and cultural alienation, CHAPTER FOUR. The churches and the control of the curriculum with special reference to the United States, CHAPTER FIVE. The financing of parochial schools, CHAPTER SIX. Religion and the control of teachers: the case of Germany, CHAPTER SEVEN. The problem of multi-belief societies with special reference to Africa and Asia, SECTION III Short Reports from Countries, Europe, Denominational schools in Scotland, Church and state in education in Northern Ireland, Church and state in Belgian education, Church and state in Polish education, State and religious education in Israel, Denominational schools in Spain, Church and state in education : Sweden, Religion and schools in the U.S.S.R., The Americas, The churches and education in Brazil, Educational relations between the church and the government of Colombia, Church and state in education: Quebec, Canada, Asia, Church and state in education: India, Denominational schools in Japan, Relations between religion and state in Thai education, Africa, Church and state in education: Kenya, Church and state in contemporary Nigerian educational legislation, The church and education in the Republic of South Africa