oa The Study of Religions and Religion in Denmark

In this article, Tim Jensen, himself a former teacher of Religion in the Danish Grammar School (1981-1995), outlines the history of Religion, a non-confessional obligatory subject in the Danish Grammar School, as well as of the history of its now very close relations to the academic study of religions. Following the historical outline, Jensen draws a picture of the current aims and contents of Religion and of the related university study programmes. Finally, he briefly discusses other formal and less formal ‘intersections’.